Gentility and the comic theatre of late Stuart London
Social classes in literature
Gentry
English drama (Comedy)
Literature and society
English drama
Performing arts
Theater
Social life and customs
History and criticism
History
"The book examines how claims of gentility were staged in London's theatres (c. 1660-1725). Employing a rich assembly of sources, comedies with their cits and fops, periodicals, correspondence of theatre patrons and polemic from its detractors, Mark S. Dawson revises several of social history's conc…
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