The Standard Theatre of Victorian England
Title | The Standard Theatre of Victorian England PDF eBook |
Author | Allan Stuart Jackson |
Publisher | Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press |
Pages | 372 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780838633922 |
This is the first major study of the Douglass family of England and the institution of the National Standard Theatre. It includes an examination of the theatrical aesthetics of the mid-Victorian theatre and the methods used by the Douglasses to achieve their success, as well as biographical material on a number of the actors and actresses and on the Douglass family itself.
Theatre in the Victorian Age
Title | Theatre in the Victorian Age PDF eBook |
Author | Michael R. Booth |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 244 |
Release | 1991-07-26 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 9780521348379 |
A comprehensive survey of the theatre practice and dramatic literature of the Victorian period.
The Cambridge Companion to Victorian and Edwardian Theatre
Title | The Cambridge Companion to Victorian and Edwardian Theatre PDF eBook |
Author | Kerry Powell |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 312 |
Release | 2004-02-19 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 9780521795364 |
This Companion is designed for readers interested in the creation, production and interpretation of Victorian and Edwardian theatre in its own time and on the contemporary stage. The volume opens with an introduction surveying the theatre of the time, followed by an essay contextualizing the theatre within the culture as a whole. Succeeding chapters examine performance, production, and theatre, including the music, the actors, stagecraft and the audience; plays and playwriting and issues of class and gender. Chapters also deal with comedy, farce, melodrama, and the economics of the theatre.
The Oxford Handbook of the Victorian Novel
Title | The Oxford Handbook of the Victorian Novel PDF eBook |
Author | Lisa Rodensky |
Publisher | Oxford University Press (UK) |
Pages | 829 |
Release | 2013-07-11 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0199533148 |
The Oxford Handbook of the Victorian Novel contributes substantially to a thriving scholarly field by offering new approaches to familiar topics as well as essays on topics often overlooked.
Exiles in Hollywood
Title | Exiles in Hollywood PDF eBook |
Author | Gene D. Phillips |
Publisher | Lehigh University Press |
Pages | 640 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Expatriate motion picture producers and directors |
ISBN | 9780934223492 |
The book deals with five European film directors who were forced to remain in exile in the wake of the rise of Hitler and who subsequently enriched the American motion picture industry with a reservoir of new talent that had been nurtured in Europe. The directors treated are Fritz Lang, William Wyler, Otto Preminger, Fred Zinnemann, and Billy Wilder.
Victorian Sensation
Title | Victorian Sensation PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Diamond |
Publisher | Anthem Press |
Pages | 337 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 184331150X |
A captivating look at the origins of our own tabloid culture in the salacious and titillating media of the Victorian era.
Victorian Writers and the Stage
Title | Victorian Writers and the Stage PDF eBook |
Author | R. Pearson |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 235 |
Release | 2015-06-23 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1137504684 |
This book examines the dramatic work of Dickens, Browning, Collins, and Tennyson, their interaction with the theatrical world, and their attempts to develop their reputations as playwrights. These major Victorian writers each authored several professional plays, but why has their achievement been overlooked?