Restoration Theatre and Crisis

by Susan J. Owen

Overview

Restoration Theatre and Crisis is a seminal study of the drama of the Restoration, in particular that of the Popish Plot and Exclusion Crisis. This was the time of unprecedented political partisanship in the theatre. This book considers all the known plays of this period, including works by Dryden and Behn, in their historical context. It examines the complex ways in which the drama both reflected and intervened in the political process, at a time when the crisis fractured an already fragile post-interregnum consensus, and modern party political methods first began to develop.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198183877
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	01/02/1997
Pages:	356
Product dimensions:	5.75(w) x 8.75(h) x 0.98(d)