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Restoration plays and players : an introduction /

Introducing readers to the key texts, theatrical practice and context of late seventeenth-century drama, David Roberts combines literary and theatrical approaches to show how Restoration plays were written, performed, received and printed. Structured according to the 'life cycle' of the dr...

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Main Author:	Roberts, David, 1960- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Subjects:	English drama > Restoration, 1660-1700 > History and criticism. Theater > England > History > 17th century. Theater and society > England > History > 17th century. Actors > England. LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.

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