Regicide and Restoration
Subtitle: English Tragicomedy, 16601671
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 29, 1993
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780521416221
Subjects: Plays & playwrights: 16th to 18th centuries; Regicides in literature; Kings and rulers in literature; Drama; Plays / Drama; English; Performing Arts/Dance; Plays; Restoration, 1660-1700; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Drama / British & Irish; English drama--Restoration, 1660-1700--History and criticism; History and criticism; English Drama
First sentence: The development of the two Restoration forms of tragicomedy began when Charles II returned and the theatres reopened after the disruptions of regicide.