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• Winner of Choice Magazine Outstanding Reference/Academic Book Award 1997.
• Winner of Named as an Outstanding Academic Book of 1997 by CHOICE.

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No one planning to write papers or books on Restoration drama will ignore this work....This masterful work is in many ways the culmination of the careful research in this period by many scholars over the last two decades. --Choice<br> The grace with which Hughes handles the material and the amount of detail he offers on almost all of the plays discussed is truly impressive. --Modern Philology<br>

a fascinating ... book ... an invaluable text-book for student and researcher alike * Jane Milling, New Theatre Quarterly * it represents a major and original contribution to our understanding of late seventeenth century English drama ... Factually and technically, this book presents few problems. In particular, Hughes takes greater pains than most scholars to ascribe the most accurate premiere date for the plays ... The grace with which Hughes handles the material and the amount of detail he offers on almost all of the plays discussed is truly impressive. * Paul D Cannan, Modern Philosophy, August 1999, Vol 97, no 1 * The book is excellent in conveying the importance of political events on the type of plays staged. Derek Hughes has written what will be the most authoritative book on Restoration drama for some time to come. Painstakingly researched and always readable, this monumental work provides the reader with new and challenging insights into the drama of the period and, in doing so, contributes greatly to the field of Theatre Studies. * Rebecca D'Monte, Birkbeck College, London, Theatre Research International, Vol. 22, No. 1 1997 * This is the most comprehensive survey of English drama of the late seventeenth-century since Robert D Hume's The Development of English Drama in the Late Seventeenth Century * Restoration *

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