The Ornament of Action: Text and Performance in Restoration Comedy
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How was Restoration comedies performed on the Restoration stage? How did Wycherley or Congreve expect their plays to be acted? How much were they influenced by theatrical conditions and conventions? What happened in performance, when the plays were graced with 'the ornament of action'? In this book, which was originally published in 1979, Peter Holland brings together the disciplines of theatre history and literary criticism in a close study of the...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521133947
ISBN13:9780521133944
Release Date:March 2010
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:300 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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