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McHugh, Caitlin Jeanne.

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The Afterlives of Shakespeare's Tragedies.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The Afterlives of Shakespeare's Tragedies./
Author:	McHugh, Caitlin Jeanne.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2016,
Description:	182 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 78-01(E), Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International78-01A(E).
Subject:	British & Irish literature. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=10153318
ISBN:	9781369084542

The Afterlives of Shakespeare's Tragedies.
McHugh, Caitlin Jeanne.

The Afterlives of Shakespeare's Tragedies. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2016 - 182 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 78-01(E), Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Minnesota, 2016.

When Charles II reopened London theaters and granted patents to William Davenant and Thomas Killigrew, English theater was at a low. Although players persisted since the official closure of the theaters, they were punished for illegal performances with the destruction of their costumes and playhouses. New innovations, such as changeable scenery, machines, and the like, meant that Davenant and Killigrew were starting from scratch, lacking costumes and playhouses to accommodate their needs. One possible reading of the inclusion of pre-1642 plays in the repertoire is that they offered the opportunity to stage productions quickly and to make simple changes for entertainment's sake. I question this narrative by examining Shakespeare's tragedies. I explore how late-seventeenth-century adapters of Shakespeare revitalize his work to speak to the trauma of the English Civil Wars and the potential of the English stage. I argue that the modifications made to Shakespeare's tragedies did not simply cater to changing technologies and tastes. These works show evidence of a drive to provide less ambiguous versions of Shakespeare's plays with obvious moral messages, most of which comment on the politics of the Restoration. These plays illustrate the potential of English theater as a space for audience education. I reimagine these adaptations as responses to, and attempts to revitalize, the reputation of English theater.

ISBN: 9781369084542Subjects--Topical Terms:

3284317
British & Irish literature.

The Afterlives of Shakespeare's Tragedies.
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