Article: Evidence of Restoration Performances: Duke Ferdinand Albrecht's Annotated Playtexts from 1664-65.(Critical Essay)

Annotated English playtexts at the Herzog August Bibliothek in Wolfenbuttel, Germany, provide significant performance documentation for the early Restoration stage that not only corroborates the sketchy records already known but also add previously unrecorded performances. Duke Ferdinand Albrecht of Braunschweig-Luneburg (1636-1687), the youngest son of Duke August for whom the library was named, purchased these English playtexts during his ten-month visit to London from 12 May 1664 to 16 March 1664/5, when he immersed himself in London theatre culture.

Ferdinand Albrecht's annotated performance data are extremely valuable given the limited state of knowledge of ...

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