My Library

Library will be closed until April 17. Please continue to use online resources or call us at 510-555-1634.

     
Limit to netLibrary eBooks
Limit search to available items
Resources
Find more about Encyclopedia Britannica
Search INN-Reach
Printed Book/Journal
Title The playhouse of Pepys / by Montague Summers.
Imprint London : K. Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., ltd., 1935.

Location Call No. Status Message
 Bay St Branch Adult Non-Fiction  822.409 Su67    AVAILABLE  ---
Description xv, 485 p. : XXIV pl. (incl. front., ports., facsims.) ; 25 cm.
Note Five chapters, separate and complete in themselves, which form the second part or volume of an extended study of the Restoration stage; the first volume appeared in 1934 under title, "The Restoration theatre." cf. Introd.
Contents Introduction -- Sir William Davenant : his earlier work and the opera -- Thomas Killigrew : and the history of the theatres until the union of 1682 -- The earlier Restoration dramatists : the Howards, Stapylton, Flecknoe, Wilson, Cowley, Porter, Sir William Killigrew and others -- The top-wits and the men of quality -- The minor dramatists, 1660-1682 -- General index -- Index of plays.
Subject D'Avenant, William, Sir, 1606-1668.
Killigrew, Thomas, 1612-1683.
English drama -- Restoration, 1660-1700 -- History and criticism.