Richard Allen Cave

Biographic Data

ID1233114
NAMERichard Allen Cave
GIVEN NAMESRichard Allen
FAMILY NAMECave
SIGNATURECAVE R A
AFFILIATIONSRoyal Holloway University of London
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT9
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1989
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX0

  • Playing and Playgoing in Early Modern England

    Open AccessRichard Allen CaveARTICLERenaissance Quarterly2024

  • Shakespeare and Costume in Practice

    Open AccessRichard Allen CaveARTICLERenaissance Quarterly2023

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  • Acts of supremacy

    J S Bratton, Richard Allen Cave et al.BOOKActs of Supremacy2017

    At the height of the British Empire's fortunes, the stage represented the most influential form of popular entertainment. 'Acts of supremacy' looks at the way in which this medium was utilised to mould popular concepts of empire and nationhood and the authors convey the significance of all levels of entertainment in shaping English identity and perception of other ethnic groups. The authors go beyond the traditional interpretation of politicians'…

  • Early Modern Theatricality

    Open AccessRichard Allen CaveARTICLERenaissance Quarterly2015

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  • The Cambridge Companion to Brian Friel

    Open AccessThomas Kilroy, Frank McGuinness et al.BOOKThe Cambridge companion to Brian…2006

    Brian Friel is widely recognized as Ireland's greatest living playwright, winning an international reputation through such acclaimed works as Translations (1980) and Dancing at Lughnasa (1990). This 2006 collection of specially commissioned essays includes contributions from leading commentators on Friel's work (including two fellow playwrights) and explores the entire range of his career from his 1964 breakthrough with Philadelphia, Here I Come!…

  • The Cambridge Companion to Twentieth-Century Irish Drama

    Open AccessStephen Watt, Adrian Frazier et al.BOOKThe Cambridge companion to…2004

    The essays in this collection cover the whole range of Irish drama from the late nineteenth-century melodramas which anticipated the rise of the Abbey Theatre to the contemporary Dublin of theatre festivals. A team of international experts from Ireland, the UK, the USA and Europe provide individual studies of internationally known playwrights of the period of the Literary Revival - Yeats, Synge, Lady Gregory, Shaw, Wilde, O'Casey - and contempora…

  • The Value of Practical Work and of Theatregoing in the Study of Seventeenth- Century Drama (1600-1640)

    Open AccessRichard Allen CaveARTICLELiterature Compass2004

    This essay examines ways in which, as the title suggests, practice-based research and theatregoing may fruitfully aid advanced research in the study of early seventeenth-century plays. Scenes from four plays by Shakespeare (Macbeth), Jonson (The New Inn and Volpone) and Middleton (Women Beware Women) are analysed to illustrate a variety of ways in which insights into early seventeenth-century stage practice may be developed through attention to d…

  • The Cambridge Companion to Oscar Wilde

    Open AccessMerlin Holland, Regenia Gagnier et al.BOOKThe Cambridge companion to Oscar…1997

    The Cambridge Companion to Oscar Wilde offers an essential introduction to one of the theatre's most important and enigmatic writers. Although a general overview, the volume also offers some of the latest thinking on the dramatist and his impact on the twentieth century. Part One places Wilde's work within the cultural and historical context of his time and includes an opening essay by Wilde's grandson, Merlin Holland. Further chapters also exami…

  • New British Drama in Performance on the London Stage, 1970-1985

    Greg Giesekam, Richard Allen CaveARTICLETheatre Journal1989