Spanish Elements in Early Restoration Comedy
Author | : William Edward Schwendeman |
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Release | : 1929 |
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Author | : William Edward Schwendeman |
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Release | : 1929 |
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Author | : Elisabeth Enzler |
Publisher | : GRIN Verlag |
Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 2004-11-27 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 3638328406 |
Diploma Thesis from the year 2003 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: good, University of Vienna, language: English, abstract: English Restoration Comedy has long been equated with Comedy of Manners as written by Etherege, Congreve or Wycherley with a setting in London in upper class society. There are exceptions, however. Some comedies are set in the country, as for instance Farquhar's The Recruiting Officer, or in foreign countries such as Italy (Dryden's Secret Love and Behn's The Rover I); some include characters from the lower classes of society, even criminals (Thomas Shadwell's The Squire of Alsatia) or fantastic creatures like witches (Shadwell's The Lancashire Witches). For this paper the period labelled Restoration Drama has been delimited somewhat arbitrarily by the Restoration itself at the beginning, and the death of Dryden at the end of it.1 The 1660's, after the re-establishment of the theatrical companies, showed a varied mix of plays, which included performances of the traditional English comedies and tragedies by for instance Shakespeare, Beaumont and Fletcher, Jonson with his humours' comedies, and also their adaptations. A new type of drama was introduced by the Cavaliers returning from their continental exile, containing French or Spanish influences such as from Moliére, or from Spanish intrigue comedy with its highly complicated plot, among the dramatis personae often two young, high-spirited ladies, a gallant and his friend, male adverse authority in the figure of father or brother, roguish attendants, 'honour touched and honour righted ... the comedy of cloak and sword.' (Ward, Cambridge, VIII/5/§15). Van Lennep in his The London Stage (I/cxxii) described it as 'the Spanish romance, based upon a Spanish source, ... its emphasis upon a rigid code of conduct, ... a plot filled with intrigue, and ... one or more high-spirited women in the dramatis personae.' In this category fall Sir Samuel Tuke's The Adventures of Five Hours. (January 1663, the Spanish source of it then attributed to Calderón, now generally to Antonio Coello; written at the request of Charles II, Tuke's play opened on 8 January 1663 before a full house and achieved an excellent run of thirteen consecutive performances.),2 or Lord Digby's Elvira (November 1664),3 Thomas Porter's The Carnival (ca 1664). 'The reliance upon an intrigue plot became the chief characteristic in the hands of later writers in this mode, such as Mrs Aphra Behn.'
Author | : James Urvin Rundle |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 484 |
Release | : 1947 |
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Author | : Manuel J. Gómez Lara |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 594 |
Release | : 2014-04-10 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 9781934844755 |
The present work is set in the context of a long-term venture: The Restoration Comedy Project, launched by a research team at the University of Seville, Spain, in 1995. This book provides an objective, detailed view of all Restoration comedies, based on the descriptive and quantitative information obtained from an analysis of the plays, taking into account the different aspects of their production, and their dual nature as literary and performance texts. Hence the following elements are considered: title-page, performance details, editions, prefatory matter, dramatic structure, genre, characters, actors, plot summary, stage directions, music, and sources. All data obtained for each individual comedy are then catalogued and subsequently incorporated into a database that is regularly updated. This book covers the years 1660-70 and is the first in a series that looks at the comedies written and/or performed in England during the period 1660-1700.
Author | : Jorge Braga Riera |
Publisher | : John Benjamins Publishing |
Total Pages | : 351 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9027224293 |
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Author | : Brian Corman |
Publisher | : Broadview Press |
Total Pages | : 615 |
Release | : 2013-01-21 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 1770482997 |
The ten plays in this new collection show both the continuity and the changes in comedy over the course of the Restoration and eighteenth century. Each play includes its original prologue and epilogue, as well as an historical introduction and full annotation. The editor’s Introduction provides a rich historical and literary context for the plays’ composition and production. A glossary of frequently used words likely to be unfamiliar to general readers is also included.
Author | : Steven John Van Der Weele |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 676 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : English drama |
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Author | : Deborah Payne Fisk |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 440 |
Release | : 2000-05-11 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1139825674 |
This rich and varied portrait of the drama from 1660 to 1714 provides students with essential information about playwrights, staging and genres, situating them in the social and political culture of the time. No longer seen as a privileged arena for select dramatists and elite courtiers, the Restoration theatre is revealed in all of its tumult, energy and conflict. The fourteen newly-commissioned essays examine the theatre, paying attention to major playwrights such as Dryden, Wycherly and Congreve and also to more minor works and to plays by the first professional female dramatists. The book begins with chapters on the performance of the drama in its own time, on theatres, acting and staging, and continues with the main dramatic genres and themes, with a final chapter on the critical history of the drama. The volume also includes a thorough chronology and biographies and bibliographies of dramatists.
Author | : Steve Van der Weele |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 532 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : English drama |
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Author | : Elizabeth Kraft |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 2021-12-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1350187747 |
This volume highlights the variety of forms comedy took in England, with reference to developments in Europe, particularly France, during the European Enlightenment. It argues that comedy in this period is characterized by wit, satire, and humor, provoking both laughter and sympathetic tears. Comic expression in the Enlightenment reflects continuities and engagements with the comedy of previous eras; it is also noted for new forms and preoccupations engendered by the cultural, philosophical, and political concerns of the time, including democratizing revolutions, increasing secularization, and growing emphasis on individualism. Discussions emphasize the period's stage comedy and acknowledge comic expression in various forms of print media including the emerging literary form we now know as the novel. Contributions from scholars reflect a wide variety of interests in the field of 18th-century studies, and the inclusion of a generous number of illustrations throughout demonstrates that the period's visual culture was also an important part of the Enlightenment comic landscape. Each chapter takes a different theme as its focus: form, theory, praxis, identities, the body, politics and power, laughter and ethics. These eight different approaches to Enlightenment comedy add up to an extensive, synoptic coverage of the subject.