Historical Contexts (THEA 211 Guide)
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Great Britain – History – Elizabeth, 1558-1603
Great Britain – History – Tudors, 1485-1603
Great Britain – History – Stuarts, 1603-1714
Great Britain – History – Restoration, 1660-1688
Great Britain – Civilization – 18th Century
Great Britain – History – Victoria, 1837-1901
Great Britain – History –19th Century
Great Britain – Civilization – 19th Century
Great Britain – History – 20th Century
Great Britain – Civilization – 20th Century
The London Stage: 1660-1800
The London Stage: 1660-1800 is a five-part, eleven volume timeline of theatrical performances in London over a 140-year period, originally published from 1960 to 1968.
Surveys
Black and Asian Theatre in Britain, 2011Call Number: PN2595.13.B34 C43 2011Traces the history of 'the Other' through the ages in British theatre. The diverse and often contradictory aspects of this history are expertly drawn together to provide a detailed background to the work of African, Asian, and Caribbean diasporic companies and practitioners.
Tudor 1485-1604
Historical Dictionary of Tudor England, 1485-1603 by Call Number: Reference DA315 .H5 1991
Elizabethan 1558-1603
Historical Dictionary of the Elizabethan World by Call Number: Reference DA357 .W34 1999
Stuart 1603-1714
The Routledge Companion to the Stuart Age, 1603-1714 by Call Number: Reference DA375 .W763 2006
Historical Dictionary of Stuart England, 1603-1689 by Call Number: Reference DA375 .H57 1996Good content. See “Chronology” at back of book.
British Restoration 1660-1688
A Concise Companion to the Restoration and Eighteenth Century by Call Number: PR441 .C665 2005
18th Century
Encyclopedia of Romanticism by Call Number: Reference DA529 .E53 1992
19th Century
The Eighteen Nineties by Call Number: Reference DA560 .A18 1993- Encyclopedia of Romanticism by Call Number: Reference DA529 .E53 1992
Victorian 1837-1901
Victorian Britain by Call Number: Reference DA550 .V53 1988
20th Century
Black British Drama: A Transnational Story, 2017Explores how black theatre in Britain is connected to and informed by the spaces of Africa, the Caribbean and the USA. Examines plays by a range of writers. Combines historical documentation and discussion with close analysis to provide an in-depth, absorbing account of post-war black British drama situated within global and transnational circuits.
A Companion to Modern British and Irish Drama, 1880 - 2005This wide-ranging Companion to Modern British and Irish Drama offers challenging analyses of a range of plays in their political contexts. Engages with theoretical discourses challenging a canon that has privileged London as well as white English males and realism. Topics covered include: national, regional and fringe theatres; post-colonial stages and multiculturalism; feminist and queer theatres; sex and consumerism; technology and globalisation; representations of war, terrorism, and trauma.
Staging Black Feminisms, 2007Staging Black Feminisms explores the development and principles of black British women's plays and performance since the late Twentieth century. Using contemporary performance theory to explore key themes, it offers close textual readings and production analysis of a range of plays, performance poetry and live art works by practitioners.
Twentieth-Century Britain (an encyclopedia), 1995See "Topical Contents: Theatre" and "Chronology" at the front of the book. This encyclopedia covers literature, music, social currents, and family life in twentieth-century Britain. Includes a chronology of significant events and a guide to further research. The biographical and topical articles, each accompanied by a brief bibliography, cover a wide array of subjects from politics to the arts. Issues of gender and the impact of the two World Wars receive special emphasis.
