The Business of English Restoration Theatre, 1660–1700

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Deborah C. Payne's groundbreaking study explores how the duopoly established in 1660 – adopted to create an upmarket, elite theatre – unexpectedly reshaped company practices, stagecraft, and the professions of actors and dramatists. Network and behavioural economic theory further illuminate the lure of an economic model inimical to self-interest.