The Restoration stage controversy
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The Restoration stage controversy
Routledge, 1996
Description and Table of Contents
Description
With the restoration, a new vitality sprang up in English theatre. Theatres were redesigned, actors began forming their own companies and women appeared on stage for the first time. However, the alleged licentiousness and profanity of dramatic works invoked a new Puritanical fury. At the centre of this debate was Jeremy Collier who dealt sharply with offending dramatists, regardless of their wit or prestige. This set charts the turbulent period of English restoration drama and its fight against Puritanical moralizing and censorship.
Table of Contents
Essay of Dramatic Poesie [1668], John Dryden 84pp A Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage [1698], Jeremy Collier 308pp A Short Vindication of the Relapse and the Provok'd Wife [1698], John Vanbrugh 84pp Amendments of Mr Collier's False and Imperfect Citations [1698], William Congreve 114pp Animadversions on Mr Congreve's late Answer to Mr Collier. In a dialogue between Mr Smith and Mr Johnson [1698], Anon 88pp The Stage Condemn'd [1698], George Ridpath 218pp The Ancient and Modern Stages Surveyed [1699], James Drake 404pp The Stage Acquitted. Being a full answer to Mr Collier, and the other Enemies of the Drama, Anon 198pp
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