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''Hyde Park'' is a Caroline era comedy of manners written by James Shirley, and first published in 1637. ''Hyde Park'' was licensed for performance by Sir Henry Herbert, the Master of the Revels, on 20 April 1632, and acted at the Cockpit Theatre by Queen Henrietta's Men. The play was entered into the Stationers' Register on 13 April 1637, and published later that year by the bookselling partners Andrew Crooke and William Cooke, who issued several of Shirley's works in this period. ''Hyde Park'' was revived during the Restoration era — in a production that featured live horses for the horse-racing material. Samuel Pepys saw it on 11 July 1668, but didn't like it. Three days later, though, the play was given a royal performance. ==Place realism== The play has been noted for the element of naturalism in its setting. ''Hyde Park'' exploits the atmosphere of the real contemporaneous Hyde Park, with horse races and footraces.〔Terence P. Logan and Denzell S. Smith, eds., ''The Later Jacobean and Caroline Dramatists: A Survey and Bibliography of Recent Studies in English Renaissance Drama,'' Lincoln, NE, University of Nebraska Press, 1978; p. 156.〕 Games and gambling are the constant themes and motifs of the play; the characters envision and describe their relationships in terms of competition and gamesmanship. The Park's nightingales accentuate the romantic plots. Upon publication Shirley dedicated the play to Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, who was the Keeper of the Crown Land of Hyde Park, as well as a member of the Privy Council and a Knight of the Garter.〔Ira Clark, ''Professional Playwrights: Massinger, Ford, Shirley, and Brome.'' Lexington, KY, University Press of Kentucky, 1992; p. 139.〕 Dramas utilizing "place realism" came into fashion in the early 1630s,〔Theodore Miles, "Place-Realism in a Group of Caroline Plays," ''Review of English Studies'', Vol. 18 No. 73 (October 1942), pp. 428-40.〕 partially in response to the 1631 publication of Ben Jonson's ''Bartholomew Fair''. Shackerley Marmion's ''Holland's Leaguer'' (1631), Thomas Nabbes's ''Covent Garden'' (1633) and ''Tottenham Court'' (1634), and several of the plays of Richard Brome all participate in this theatrical fashion. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hyde Park (play)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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