Sir William Davenant : : Poet Venturer, 1606-1668 / / Alfred Harbage.
First thorough biography of the colorful and gifted seventeenth-century playwright who was also the father of English opera, the first to use English actresses in his plays, and the creator of modern stage construction.
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub) |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [1935] ©1935 |
| Year of Publication: | 1935 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (320 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- Introduction
- I. A Taverner's Son
- II. Foot-loose in London
- III. The Queen's Service
- IV. The King's Cause
- V. The Venturer
- VI. Players Restored
- VII. Gondibert
- VIII. The Comic
- IX. Wit and Fancy
- X. Adaptations of Shakespeare
- XI. Fame
- Bibliography
- Index