Restoration Staging, 1660-74

Tim Keenan is Lecturer in Drama (Shakespeare and the Classics) at Liverpool Hope University, and Honorary Research Fellow, University of Seville Restoration Comedy Project.

• ContentsAcknowledgementsList of figuresList of tablesTheatrical terms and definitionsHistorical note Introduction1. Interpreting Restoration Drama: some facts and fictions2. Visualising Restoration Staging3. Modelling the Lincoln’s Inn Fields stage4. Testing the Model 1: Analysing the Plays, 1661–745. Testing the Model 2: Exceptional Staging Demand6. Applying the model: cracking the codes7. Developing a scenic dramaturgy8. Conclusion: the plays and the modelWorks citedIndex

"This volume is an important contribution to the study of early Restoration theater. It opens up a relatively stagnant area of research and inspires its readers by raising as yet unanswered questions. Understanding the necessities and limitations for staging a play in this period makes it easier to visualize the play’s performance based on the play text itself. For both literary and performance scholars, Keenan’s volume will be an invaluable tool." - Rena Bood, Universiteit van Amsterdam"Keenan’s conclusions are valuable, both in terms of his findings and of the methodology he has adopted, and are a strong contribution to a field that has sadly become stagnant in recent years."- Juan A. Prieto Pablos, Restoration and Eighteenth Century Theatre Research "Bringing scientific clarity to questions that have puzzled previous scholars, tim Keenan has written a study that everyone seriously interested in the structure and capability of early Restoration playhouses should read."- David Roberts, Theatre Notebook