Many of the 12 essays in this book in honor of Arthur H. Scouten s 70th birthday probe new territory in the exploration of Restoration and 18th-century English drama: music, publishing history, and company management. Others extend such traditional topics as social and political history in relation to theatre.The essays are Company Management, Judith Milhous; The Theatres, Edward A. Langhans; Scenery and Technical Design, Colin Visser; The Evidence from Promptbooks, Leo Hughes; Performers and Performing, Philip H. Highfill, Jr.; The Making of the Repertory, George Winchester Stone, Jr.; Music as Drama, Curtis A. Price; The Changing Audience, Harry William Pedicord; Political and Social Thought in the Drama, John Loftis; Dramatic Censorship, Calhoun Winton; The Publication of Plays, Shirley Strum Kenny; and The London Theatre at the End of the Eighteenth Century, Joseph Donohue."
- ISBN10 0809309262
- ISBN13 9780809309269
- Publish Date 1 May 1980
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 22 July 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Southern Illinois University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 416
- Language English