Regicide and Restoration
Subtitle: English Tragicomedy, 16601671
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 17, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780521023733
Subjects: Plays & playwrights: 16th to 18th centuries; Plays / Drama; Drama; English; Plays; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Drama / British & Irish; English drama--Restoration, 1660-1700--Histor; English drama--Restoration, 1660-1700--History and criticism
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.