Beaumont and Fletcher on the Restoration Stage / / Arthur Colby Sprague.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: Complete eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Sprague, Arthur Colby,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]; ©1926
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Reprint 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (299 p.) :; 6 illustrations

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- 1. THE COMMONWEALTH DRAMA -- 2. FROM THE REOPENING OF THE THEATRES TO THE ORGANIZATION OF D’AVENANT’S COMPANY, November 5, 1660 -- 3. FROM THE ORGANIZATION OF D ' A V E N A N T ' S COMPANY TO ITS OPENING AT LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS (NOVEMBER, 1660–JUNE, 1661) -- 4 . FROM D’AVENANT’S OPENING AT LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS TO THE OPENING OF THE THEATRE ROYAL IN DRURY LANE , JUNE 1661 - MAY 7, 1663 -- 5 . FROM THE OPENING OF THE THEATRE ROYAL INDRURY LANE TO THE UNION OF THE COMPANIES MAY 1, 1663 - NOVEMBER 16 , 1682 -- 6. FROM THE UNION OF THE COMPANIES TO BETTERTON’S OPENING AT LINCOLN’S INN FIELDS NOVEMBER I6, I682 - APRIL 30, 1695 -- 7 . FROM BETTERTON’S OPENING AT LINCOLN’S INN FIELDS TO THE REINFORCEMENT OF THE HAYMARKET COMPANY UNDER SWINEY, APRIL 30 , 1695 - OCTOBER 15 , 1706 -- 8. FROM THE REINFORCEMENT OF THE HAYMARKET COMPANY UNDER SWINEY TO THE OPENING OF HER MAJESTY’S ONLY COMPANY OF COMEDIANS, OCTOBER 1 5 , 1706 - JANUARY 1 5 , 1708 -- 9. FROM THE OPENING OF HER MAJESTY’S ONLY COMPANY OF COMEDIANS ΤΟ THE END OF THE UNION, JANUARY 1 5 , 1708 - JUNE 4, 1709 -- 10. FROM THE END OF THE UNION TO THE DEATH OF BETTERTON, JUNE 4, 1709 - APRIL 28, 1710 -- SIR WILLIAM D’AVENANT, The Rivals -- ANON., The Island Princess, or the Generous Portugal -- NAHUM TATE, The Island Princess -- PIERRE MOTTEUX, The Island Princess -- THOMAS BETTERTON, 'The Prophetess -- GEORGE POWELL’S (?) Bonduca -- ROCHESTER’S Valentinian -- EDMUND WALLER, The Maid’s Tragedy -- BUCKINGHAM (?), The Restoration -- ELKANAH SETTLE’S Philaster -- THOMAS SCOTT, The Unhappy Kindness -- M. N., The Faithful General -- BUCKINGHAM, The Chances -- THOMAS D’URFEY’S Trick for Trick -- THOMAS D’URFEY, A Commonwealth of Women -- THOMAS D’URFEY, A Fool’s Preferment -- SIR JOHN VANBRUGH, The Pilgrim -- GEORGE FARQUHAR, The Inconstant -- ANON., Wit without Money -- COLLEY CIBBER, The Rival Fools -- CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ALTERED VERSIONS -- APPENDICES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- Preface -- Introduction