TY  - BOOK
AU  - Milling,Jane
AU  - Thomson,Peter
AU  - Donohue,Joseph W.
AU  - Kershaw,Baz
TI  - The Cambridge history of British theatre
SN  - 0521827906 (set (alk. paper))
AV  - PN2581 .C36 2004
U1  - 792.0941 22
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Cambridge, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Theater
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - History
KW  - 18th century
KW  - English drama
KW  - History and criticism
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; v. 1. Origins to 1660 / edited by Jane Milling and Peter Thomson -- v. 2. 1660 to 1895 / edited by Joseph Donohue -- v. 3. Since 1895 / edited by Baz Kershaw
N2  - "Volume One of The Cambridge History of British Theatre begins in Roman Britain and ends with Charles II's restoration to the throne imminent. The four essays in Part One treat pre-Elizabethan theatre, the eight in Part Two focus on the riches of the Elizabethan era, and the seven in Part Three on theatrical developments during and after the reigns of James I and Charles I. The essays are written for the general reader by leading British and American scholars, who combine an interest in the written drama with an understanding of the material conditions of the evolving professional theatre which the drama helped to sustain, often enough against formidable odds. The volume unfolds a story of enterprise, innovation and, sometimes, of desperate survival over years in which theatre and drama were necessarily embroiled in the politics of everyday life: a vivid subject vividly presented."--Publisher description
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0732/2003055890-b.html
ER  -