Shakespeare Improved: The Restoration Versions in Quarto and on the Stage

Hazelton Spencer

Published by Harvard University Press 1927

Shakespeare Improved

The Restoration Versions in Quarto and on the Stage

Hazelton Spencer

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674366053

Contents

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
PREFATORY NOTE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
ILLUSTRATIONS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xiii
PART I. THE STAGE HISTORY OF THE PLAYS
CHAPTER I. THE THEATRE RENASCENT Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
CHAPTER II. GREAT INNOVATIONS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	32
CHAPTER III. THE TWO HOUSES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	62
CHAPTER IV. UNION, SECESSION, AND REUNION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
PART II. THE RESTORATION TEXTS
CHAPTER V. D’AVENANT’S ADAPTATIONS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
CHAPTER VI. DRYDEN’S ADAPTATIONS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	192
CHAPTER VII. TATE’S ADAPTATIONS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
CHAPTER VIII. MISCELLANEOUS ADAPTATIONS BEFORE 1700 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	274
CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS ADAPTATIONS FROM 1700 TO 1710 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	329
CHAPTER Χ. UNALTERED QUARTOS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	355
APPENDIX
APPENDIX A LIST OF PUBLIC THEATRES AND THE COMPANIES APPEARING IN THEM FROM 1660 TO 1710 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	379
BIBLIOGRAPHY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	381
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	391

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Copyright year: 1927
Edition: Reprint 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Front matter: 12
- Main content: 406
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 16
- Other: 1 Frontispiz
Keywords: Theater -- England -- London -- History.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Adaptations.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Stage history -- 1625-1800.

eBook

Published: October 1, 2013
ISBN: 9780674366053

Hardcover

Published: February 5, 1927
ISBN: 9780674365179