Theatre and Culture in Early Modern England, 1650-1737 : From Leviathan to Licensing Act (Hardcover)

Contents: Introduction, Catie Gill; What do the servants know?, Paddy Lyons; Flinging the book away: books, reading and gender in the Restoration stage, Jacqueline Pearson; Coffee-houses and Restoration drama, Juan A. Prieto-Pablos; Sex and tyranny revisited: Waller's The Maid's Tragedy and Rochester's Valentinian, Sandra Clark; Sex, tyranny and the problem of allegiance: political drama during the Restoration, Warren Chernaik; The adaptation of 17th-century Spanish drama to the English stage during the Restoration period: the case of ChalderA³n, Jorge Braga Riera; The female wits: women writers at work, Jane Milling; 'Jilting jades'? Perceptions of female playgoers in the Restoration, 1660-1700, Fiona Ritchie; Revolution and the moral reform of the stage: the case of Durfey's The Marriage-Hater Matched (1692), MarA­a Jose Mora and Manuel J. GA³mez-Lara; Works cited; Index.