Title British theatre in the 1890s : essays on drama and the stage / edited by Richard Foulkes

Published Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1992

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Description xiii, 214 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Contents 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 Analysis Great Britain Theatre History Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-207) and index Subject English drama -- 19th century -- History and criticism. Theater -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. Author Foulkes, Richard. LC no. 91040771 ISBN 0521414784

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