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British theatre in the 1890s : essays on drama and the stage
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- Creator
- edited by Richard Foulkes
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1992
- Physical Details
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- xiii, 214 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780521414784, 0521414784
- OCLC
- ocm24848467
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-207) and index.
- Introduction / Richard Foulkes -- 1. J. L. Toole's theatre of farce: ancient and modern / Michael Read -- 2. Criteria for comedy: Charles Wyndham at the Criterion Theatre / George Rowell -- 3. Pineroticism and the problem play: Mrs. Tanqueray, Mrs. Ebbsmith and 'Mrs. Pat' / Joel H. Kaplan -- 4. The Only Way and the other way: a Dickens adaptation for the 1890s / Jim Davis -- 5. Toga plays / David Mayer -- 6. Svengali: mesmerist and aesthete / George Taylor -- 7. Indecency and vigilance in the music halls / Tracy C. Davis -- 8. Painting and theatre in the 1890s / Shearer West -- 9. The architectural response / Hugh Maguire -- 10. Louis Calvert: a Shakespearian in the nineties / Richard Foulkes -- 11. Benson's Shakespeare / Ralph Berry -- 12. Travelling theatres in the 1890s / Josephine Harrop