Overview
- Sets the dramatists and their work in the context of their contemporaries and the theatre of their day
Offers performance histories which demonstrate how twentiethcentury directors have staged and interpreted the plays
Explores issues such as marriage, manners, heroism and sovereignty
Part of the book series: English Dramatists (ENGDRAMA)
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About this book
B.A. Kachur explores the major plays by George Etherege and William Wycherley within the context of the cultural, social and political changes that marked the reign of Charles II, and addresses issues such as marriage, manners, heroism, sovereignty and anxieties over class hierarchies which preoccupied late seventeenth-century England.
The book provides studies of the following plays:
* She Would If She Could
* The Man of Mode
* The Country Wife
* The Plain Dealer
In addition to examining the plays as cultural and historical texts, Kachur offers:
* biographical sketches detailing the dramaturgical styles of the two
playwrights
* an overview of Charles II's reign, including its effects on the dramatic
literature of the era
* a survey of Carolean theatre and drama outlining innovations in
staging, and major dramatic genres
* performance histories which illuminate the ways in which
twentieth-century directors have interpreted the comedies to make
them accessible to modern audiences.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Etherege and Wycherley
Authors: B. A. Kachur
Series Title: English Dramatists
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-04779-3
Publisher: Red Globe Press London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2004
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 248
Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave
Topics: British and Irish Literature