Thomas Killigrew and the Seventeenth-Century English Stage: New Perspectives
| By: | Major, Philip, Dr |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Print ISBN: | 9781409466680 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781409466703 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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Despite his significant influence as a courtier, diplomat, playwright and theatre manager, Thomas Killigrew (1612-1683) remains a comparatively elusive and neglected figure. The original essays in this interdisciplinary volume shine new light on a singular, contradictory Englishman 400 years after his birth. They increase our knowledge and deepen our understanding not only of Killigrew himself, but of seventeenth-century dramaturgy, and its complex relationship to court culture and to evolving aesthetic tastes.
The first book on Killigrew since 1930, this study re-examines the significant phases of his life and career: the little-known playwriting years of the 1630s