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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Deborah C. Payne (American University, Washington DC)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 9781009398213ISBN 10: 1009398210 Pages: 302 Publication Date: 13 June 2024 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1. The theatre as gift: networks, patronage, and personality; 2. The economics of scarcity and prestige: performance practices and repertory; 3. The culture of improvement and 'great expences': neighborhoods, playhouses, and stagecraft; 4. Not keeping up: rival commodities, pastimes, and entertainments; 5. Fame and famine: writing for the stage; 6. Stardom and sedulousness: acting for the stage.Reviews'In Deborah C. Payne's richly detailed book, the culture of Restoration Theatre emerges as a complex, dynamic blend of aristocratic patronage and market economics. No other study joins those twin contexts with such expert conviction. This study will be a key reference point for anyone curious to know more about how the Restoration Stage fought to establish itself in an increasingly frantic cultural marketplace.' David Roberts, Birmingham City University 'The Business of English Restoration Theatre, 1660–1700 combines rich original argument, dazzling archival research, and elegant, witty prose to reveal the historical contingency of the 'indisputable brilliance' of Restoration drama – its canny practices as both 'elite theatre' and 'tough business.' This book has rearranged all sorts of 'facts' I thought I knew well, introducing me to a persuasively fascinating new world.' Cynthia Wall, University of Virginia Author InformationDeborah C. Payne is Associate Professor in the Department of Literature at American University, Washington DC. Her previous publications include The Cambridge Companion to English Restoration Theatre (2000); Four Libertine Plays from the Restoration (2005); Revisiting Shakespeare's Lost Play: Cardenio/Double Falsehood in the Eighteenth Century (2016); and, with Drew Lichtenburg, The Shakespeare Theatre Company, 1986 – 2021 (2024). She also consults for theatre companies in Washington, DC. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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