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The taste of the town : Shakespearian comedy and the early eighteenth-century theater

Title: The taste of the town : Shakespearian comedy and the early eighteenth-century theater / Katherine West Scheil.
Author: Scheil, Katherine West, 1966-
Publication: Lewisburg [Pa.] : Bucknell University Press ; London : Associated University Presses, ©2003.

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Description

333 pages; 25 cm.

Summary

"Thoroughly researched and carefully argued, The Taste of the Town is a valuable and timely contribution to the understanding of the culture and practice of the Restoration and early eighteenth-century theater, as well as to the history of Shakespeare's early reputation."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Bucknell studies in eighteenth-century literature and culture

Uniform Title

Bucknell studies in eighteenth-century literature and culture

Subject

Genre/Form

Comedy.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Comedies.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 288-313) and index.

Contents

Shakespeare "Made Fitt": Restoration Adaptations of the Comedies -- "Above Ordinary Plays": Shakespearian Comedy, Spectacle, and Music -- "Study [the] Audience as well as the Rules": Shakespeare and Changing Taste in Comedy -- Shakespeare and the Development of the Afterpiece -- Early Georgian Politics and Shakespeare -- Shakespearian Comedy Before Garrick.

ISBN

0838755372
9780838755372

LCCN

2002153081

OCLC

ocm50960956
50960956
SCSB-14131775

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library