The Cambridge History of British Theatre is a non-fiction work consisting of three volumes in book form. It was originally published in 2004 by
Cambridge University Press
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. It was later published online in 2008, also by Cambridge University Press. It is not an encyclopedia. Essay articles are in rough chronological order and have been compiled in the three volumes by various editors.
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Renaissance Quarterly, vol. 58, no. 4, 2005, pp. 1430–1431. .[Hornback, Robert B. The Sixteenth Century Journal, vol. 37, no. 2, 2006, pp. 488–489. . Retrieved December 27, 2019.]
About the books
Volume 1 covers the
British theater from its
Roman colony
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Characteri ...
origins to 1660, when
Charles II was about to be restored to the
throne
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.
[ Volume 2 covers a little over two centuries, beginning with Charles II's ]restoration in 1660
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, until the beginning of the twentieth century, approximately 1895. Volume three covers the British theater from 1895.[Volume 3 Retrieved December 27, 2019.]
See also
* London theatre closure 1642
On September 2, 1642, just after the First English Civil War had begun, the Long Parliament ordered the closure of all London theatres. The order cited the current "times of humiliation" and their incompatibility with "public stage-plays", repres ...
* King's Men § Aftermath for the history of one company affected by the prohibition
* William Robbins an actor who lost his living, and fought and died for the Royalist cause.
* Antitheatricality 16th and 17th century
* English Renaissance theatre
English Renaissance theatre, also known as Renaissance English theatre and Elizabethan theatre, refers to the theatre of England between 1558 and 1642.
This is the style of the plays of William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe and Ben Jonson ...
* Theatre of Scotland
Theatre in Scotland refers to the history of the performing arts in Scotland, or those written, acted and produced by Scots. Scottish theatre generally falls into the Western theatre tradition, although many performances and plays have investig ...
* Returning to Shakespeare
References
External links
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The Cambridge History of British Theatre, Volume 3
Google Books. Retrieved December 27, 2019. Free Preview available.
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Cultural history of the United Kingdom
Theatre in the United Kingdom
Theatre in Scotland
Theatre in Ireland
17th century in London
18th century in London
19th century in London
20th century in London
Textual criticism
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