The Cambridge History of British Theatre

The Cambridge History of British Theatre

An image of the Volume 1 book cover
Author	Jane Milling, Peter Thomson, Baz Kershaw, Joseph Walter Donohue, eds.
Subject	Theater-Great Britain-English drama-History and criticism.
Genre	History
Set in	Ancient Rome to present day
Published	2004, 2015
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Publication place	Great Britain
Media type	Print, web
Pages	3 Volumes
ISBN	978-0-521-82790-4
OCLC	799877340
Dewey Decimal	792/.0941
LC Class	PN2581.C36 2004
Website	Cambridge Core

The Cambridge History of British Theatre is a non-fiction work consisting of three volumes in book form. It was originally published in 2004 by Cambridge University Press. It was later published online in 2008, also by Cambridge University Press. It is not an encyclopedia. Essay articles are in rough chronological order and have been compiled in the three volumes by various editors.[1][2][3]

About the books

Volume 1 covers the British theater from its Roman colony origins to 1660, when Charles II was about to be restored to the throne.[1][2][4] Volume 2 covers a little over two centuries, beginning with Charles II's restoration in 1660, until the beginning of the twentieth century, approximately 1895.[5] Volume three covers the British theater from 1895.[6]

See also

• London theatre closure 1642
• King's Men § Aftermath for the history of one company affected by the prohibition
• William Robbins an actor who lost his living, and fought and died for the Royalist cause.
• Antitheatricality 16th and 17th century
• English Renaissance theatre
• Theatre of Scotland
• Returning to Shakespeare

References

1. Tollini, Frederick, et al. Renaissance Quarterly, vol. 58, no. 4, 2005, pp. 1430–1431. JSTOR 10.1353/ren.2008.0984.
2. Hornback, Robert B. The Sixteenth Century Journal, vol. 37, no. 2, 2006, pp. 488–489. JSTOR 20477880. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
3. Christie, S. (2004). Renaissance and Reformation / Renaissance Et Réforme, 28(3), new series / nouvelle série, 139-141 JSTOR 43445917.
4. Volume 1. "The Cambridge History of British Theatre". Cambridge Core. 28 November 2004. doi:10.1017/CHOL9780521650403 Retrieved December 27, 2019.
5. Volume 2. "The Cambridge History of British Theatre". Cambridge Core. 28 December 2004. doi:10.1017/chol9780521650687. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
6. Volume 3 "The Cambridge History of British Theatre". Cambridge Core. 28 December 2004. doi:10.1017/CHOL9780521651325. Retrieved December 27, 2019.

See also

• The Cambridge Illustrated History of British Theatre

External links

• Official website
• The Cambridge History of British Theatre, Volume 3. Google Books. Retrieved December 27, 2019. Free Preview available.
• Jane Milling; Peter Thomson (23 November 2004). The Cambridge History of British Theatre. Cambridge University Press. p. 439. ISBN 978-0-521-65040-3.
• Jane Milling; Peter Thomson (23 November 2004). The Cambridge History of British Theatre. Cambridge University Press. p. 459. ISBN 978-0-521-65040-3.