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Rutgers University Press Lothario's Corpse: Restoration Libertine Drama 1700-1832

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Lothario's Corpse unearths the performance history of Restoration libertine drama across Britain's eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, challenging the conventional narrative that this theatrical form disappeared following 1688. Daniel Gustafson traces how writers and performers continued to engage with libertine drama's radical absolutist characters and scenarios of aristocratic licence, exploring the tensions between the emergent liberal subject and sovereign absolutism. This scholarly work from Rutgers University Press examines how libertine drama persisted in both stage productions and cultural discourse, revealing its enduring appeal during a transformative period in British theatre and political thought. The study reconsiders the genre's significance in theatre history and its role in debates about power, subjectivity and social change.

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Lothario's Corpse traces libertine drama's persistent theatrical presence from 1700 to 1832 across Britain's stages and cultural landscape.

The book examines how Restoration drama engaged with tensions between emergent liberal subjects and sovereign absolutism in early modern Britain.

Gustafson analyses radical absolutist characters and aristocratic licence scenarios central to understanding eighteenth and nineteenth century theatrical performance.

Published by Rutgers University Press, this volume forms part of the Transits series covering literature and thought between 1650-1850.

The study challenges standard theatre histories by demonstrating libertine drama's continued appeal to writers and performers beyond its supposed disappearance.

This scholarly work repositions Restoration libertine drama within broader debates about power, performance and the evolution of British theatre history.

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12 June 2020
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30 October 2019

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