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English Stage Comedy 1490-1990 offers a comprehensive examination of English stage comedy from the Tudor period through the late twentieth century. This beautifully written study, first published in 2004, explores how comedy survived and adapted across five centuries of social and theatrical transformation. Organised thematically, the book demonstrates how the English stage comedy genre employed its conventions as tools for social inquiry, revealing tensions within social life across different historical periods. Alexander Leggatt's approach through genre analysis provides critical insights often overlooked in recent scholarship, showing why this remarkably enduring form remains vital to understanding both theatrical history and the societies that produced it.

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Covers five centuries of English stage comedy spanning from 1490 to 1990, providing comprehensive historical perspective on the genre's evolution and adaptation.

Organised thematically to illustrate how English stage comedy conventions functioned as instruments for examining and critiquing social tensions across different eras.

Published by Routledge with scholarly analysis by Alexander Leggatt that emphasises genre-based criticism as a framework for understanding theatrical and cultural history.

Examines how English stage comedy weathered centuries of social and theatrical change whilst maintaining its distinctive character and cultural significance.

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Routledge
Format
hardcover
ASIN
0415189365
Category
Books > Subjects > Arts & Photography > Film > Genres > Comedy
Domain
Amazon UK
Release Date
20 August 1998
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22 January 2007

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