Book contents
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 The London Theatre World in the 1690s
- 2 Origins of ‘Humane Comedy’: Farquhar, Congreve, Cibber and Vanbrugh
- 3 Experimentation at the Turn of the Century
- 4 Successful Experimentation: The Recruiting Officer and The Beaux Stratagem
- 5 Farquhar's Contributions and the Post-1707 Theatre
- Conclusion: Farquhar and Anglo-Irish Drama
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index
Acknowledgements
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 The London Theatre World in the 1690s
- 2 Origins of ‘Humane Comedy’: Farquhar, Congreve, Cibber and Vanbrugh
- 3 Experimentation at the Turn of the Century
- 4 Successful Experimentation: The Recruiting Officer and The Beaux Stratagem
- 5 Farquhar's Contributions and the Post-1707 Theatre
- Conclusion: Farquhar and Anglo-Irish Drama
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Experimentation on the English Stage, 1695–1708The Career of George Farquhar, pp. vii - viiiPublisher: Pickering & ChattoFirst published in: 2014