Experimentation on the English Stage, 1695-1708
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Author_Elisabeth J Heard
Beaux Stratagem
British theatre history
Careless Husband
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Congreve's Love
Congreve’s Love
Conscious Lovers
Constant Couple
Drury Lane
Early Eighteenth Century Drama
early modern playwriting
eighteenth-century theatrical experimentation
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Farquhar's Plays
Farquhar’s Plays
Humane Comedy
humane comedy origins
Irish dramatists scholarship
Lincoln's Inn Fields
Lincoln’s Inn Fields
Lying Lover
Mary Midnight
Moll Flanders
Mrs Lovely
Mrs Sullen
Recruiting Offi Cer
Recruiting Officer
Restoration Comedies
Restoration drama transition
Sentimental Comedy
sentimental comedy evolution
Sir Harry Wildair
Stage Irishman
Tender Husband
Verse Lines
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9781851969715
- Weight: 385g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 01 Apr 2008
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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At the beginning of the eighteenth century, British theatre saw a shift from what critics call 'Restoration' to 'sentimental' comedy. Focusing on the career of the Irish dramatist George Farquhar (1678-1707), this book argues that experimentation was the basis for this change.
