Winter Fruit: English Drama, 1642-1660University Press of Kentucky, 2014 M10 17 - 472 pages Probably the most blighted period in the history of English drama was the time of the Civil Wars, Commonwealth, and Protectorate. With the theaters closed, the country at war, the throne in fatal decline, and the powers of Parliament and Cromwell growing greater, the received wisdom has been that drama in England largely withered and died. Throughout the official hiatus in playing, he shows, dramas continued to be composed, translated, transmuted, published, bought, read, and even covertly acted. Furthermore, the tendency of drama to become interestingly topical and political grew more pronounced. In illuminating one of the least understood periods in English literary history, Randall's study not only encompasses a large amount of dramatic and historical material but also takes into account much of the scholarship published in recent decades. Winter Fruit is a major interpretive work in literary and social history. |
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... Earl of Northampton, likewise seems to have designed a play giving dramatic form to Strafford's story. For a brief discussion of this manuscript fragment, see chapter 13. cause to be in love with good counsel and good ...
... Earl of Holland. In the 1620s Holland had been engaged to negotiate the marriage of Charles and Henrietta Maria, but in 1642 he joined Parliament's side. In 1643 he returned to Charles's side, and on 9 March 1649, despite the efforts of ...
... Earl and first Marquess of Montrose. A brave, gracious, capable, Scottish cavalier, Montrose proved to be a superb leader, a man acknowledged by many to be a bona fide hero.4 Among midcentury dramatic works that attempt to depict ...
... Earl of Northampton and father of one of our playwrights (James Compton, the third Earl), is credited with winning the battle at Hopton Heath on 19 March 1643. Unfortunately, though his armor protected him well during most of the battle ...
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Contents
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6 The Famous Tragedy of Charles I | 95 |
7 AngloTyrannus | 117 |
8 Shows Motions and Drolls | 140 |
12 Fruits of Seasons Gone | 229 |
13 Tragedies | 248 |
14 Comedies | 275 |
15 The Cavendish Phenomenon | 313 |
16 Tragicomedies | 337 |
17 The Rising Sun | 368 |
Appendixes | 381 |
Works Cited | 391 |
9 Mungrell Masques and Their Kin | 157 |
10 The Persistence of Pastoral | 184 |
11 The Craft of Translation | 208 |
Index | 421 |