János Barcsák, Márta Pellérdi

English literature 1660-1900

Drama

As we could see, it was characteristic of the theatre-life of the Restoration that the audiences were made up of a narrow elite. This also meant that there was little variety in the composition of the audience: basically the same people filled the auditorium every night. These people, of course, could not be entertained by the same play being performed over and over again. One characteristic feature of Restoration theatre-life was, therefore, an exceptionally high number of new productions. It was not uncommon that over fifty first-night performances were presented in a single theatrical season and individual productions typically had very short runs. Playwrights were paid by the income of every third night of the performance of their plays but very few plays held the stage even that long. Among the greatest box-office hits in the period was Aphra Behn’s play, The Rover, which was one of the King’s personal favourites and had the exceptionally long initial run of nine nights.

Tartalomjegyzék

Kiadó: Akadémiai Kiadó

Online megjelenés éve: 2018

ISBN: 978 963 454 261 2

Irodalom PPKE BTK jegyzetek

A history of the English literature is presented here, with a scope on the years 1660 to 1900. The book is written in three main parts; beginning with the Restoration Period of the 17th century, followed by the first, and second halves of the 18th century. Thus, a sequential development of literary genres is presented, with explorations of the key figures and texts which drove these. The book also synthesises the historical, cultural and sociological background which gave rise to this literature, and allows the reader to effectively contextualise these.

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