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Language: en
Pages: 283
Pages: 283
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-08 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Reveals the contribution of Irish writers to the Georgian English stage; argues that theatre is an important strand of the Irish Enlightenment.
Language: en
Pages: 352
Pages: 352
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-02-15 - Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Charles Macklin (1699?–1797) was one of the most important figures in the eighteenth-century theatre. Born in Ireland, he began acting in London in around 172
Language: en
Pages: 248
Pages: 248
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021 - Publisher: Oxford University Press
As the prominence of the recent #WakingTheFeminists movement illustrates, the Irish theatre world is highly conscious of the ways in which theatre can foster so
Language: en
Pages: 753
Pages: 753
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-07-30 - Publisher: Oxford University Press
Eighteenth-century Britain thought of itself as a polite, sentimental, enlightened place, but often its literature belied this self-image. This was an age of sa
Language: en
Pages: 148
Pages: 148
Type: BOOK - Published: 2024-06-14 - Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Feminist Comedy: Women Playwrights of London identifies the eighteenth-century comedic stage as a key site of feminist critique, practice, and experimentation.
