A history of English drama, 1660-1900, Volume 2, early Eighteenth century drama /
Allardyce Nicoll.
- Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1952.
- 9 v.; viii, 467 p.
Vol. 1 : Restoration drama 1660-1700.- 4th ed. Vol. 2 : Early eighteenth century drama.- 3th ed. Vol. 3 : Late eighteenth century drama 1750-1800. Vol. 4 : Early nineteenth century drama 1800-1850.- 2nd ed. Vol. 5/1-2 : Late nineteenth century drama 1850-1900. Vol. 6 : pas encore paru. Vol. 7/1-2 : The beginnings of the modern period 1900-1930.
Chapter one: The theatre. Introductory ; The audience ; The theatre ; The actors and actresses -- Chapter two: Tragedy. Introductory: The tendencies of the age ; Elizabethan, Restoration and foreign models ; Heroic dramas: 1700-1750 ; Pseudo-classic tragedies ; Augustan tragedies ; Domestic tragedies, and plays of private woe -- Chapter three: Comedy. Types of Augustan comedy ; Elizabethan, Restoration and foreign models ; Comedies of manners ; Comedies of intrigue ; Comedies of humours ; Comedies of sensibility ; Farces -- Chapter four: Miscellaneous forms of drama. Introductory ; Tragi-comedies and pastorals ; Italian and English operas ; Ballad-operas ; Pantomimes ; Masques and political plays ; Burlesques and rehearsals -- Appendix A. The theatres: 1700-1750 -- Appendix B. Select documents illustrating the history of the stage -- Appendix C. Hand-list of plays: 1700-1750: i. English plays and operas ; ii. Italian operas, oratorios and serenatas ; iii. Repertoire of the French and Italian comedians -- Supplementary to Chapter one -- Supplementary to Chapter two -- Supplementary to Chapter three -- Supplementary to Chapter four -- Supplementary to Appendix A -- Supplementary to Appendix C.
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Theater -- Great Britain -- History. English drama -- 18th century -- History and criticism. English drama.