This book brings together theatre historians to identify and exemplify a variety of productive new approaches to the investigation of plays, players, playwrights, playhouses and other aspects of theatre in the long eighteenth century. Their inquiries range from stage censorship and anti-theatricalism to the political resonances of adultery comedy.

'...a wealth of up to date research and information on 150 years of theatre history.' - Word Matters (The Journal of the Society of Teachers of Speech& Drama)