Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Doctoral Dissertations Graduate School 2012 Perception, power, plays, and print: Charles II and the restoration theatre of consensus Christopher William Nelson Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations Part of the Theatre and Performance Studies Commons Recommended Citation Nelson, Christopher William, "Perception, power, plays, and print: Charles II and the restoration theatre of consensus" (2012). LSU Doctoral Dissertations. 416. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/416 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at LSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in LSU Doctoral Dissertations by an authorized graduate school editor of LSU Digital Commons. For more information, please
[email protected]. PERCEPTION, POWER, PLAYS, AND PRINT: CHARLES II AND THE RESTORATION THEATRE OF CONSENSUS A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in The Department of Theatre by Christopher W. Nelson B.A., Samford University, 1997 M.F.A., Indiana University, 2003 M.A., The University of Alabama, 2006 May 2012 DEDICATION For Carrie and James ii PREFACE The use of dates in this study will be in the new style; thus, the beginning of each year will be assumed to be January 1. Also, I have used modern published editions of plays where possible. Otherwise I have cited the highest quality reproduction of the originals that I could locate.