British Dramatists from Dryden to Sheridan

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George Henry Nettleton, Arthur Ellicott Case
Houghton Mifflin, 1969 - 958 pages

Contents

INTRODUCTION
3
RESTORATION TRAGEDY
69
COMEDY OF MANNERS
149
JEREMY COLLIERS ATTACK ON THE STAGE
387
17001730
395
EIGHTEENTHCENTURY TRAGEDY
471
BALLAD OPERA
526
MidEighteenthCentury Drama
567
Douglas 1756 by JOHN HOME
643
COMEDY
669
Later EighteenthCentury Drama
707
An Essay on the Theatre or A Comparison Between Laughing and Sentimental Comedy 1772
751
The Rivals 1775 by RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN
789
The School for Scandal 1777 by RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN
831
The Critic or A Tragedy Rehearsed 1779 by RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN
877
Select Bibliography
949

The London Merchant or The History of George Barnwell 1731 by George Lillo
595
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