English Drama and Theatre, 1800-1900
Title | English Drama and Theatre, 1800-1900 PDF eBook |
Author | Leonard W. Conolly |
Publisher | Detroit : Gale Research Company |
Pages | 536 |
Release | 1978 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN |
American literature, English literature, and world literatures in English ; v. 12 (er)
A History of English Drama 1660-1900
Title | A History of English Drama 1660-1900 PDF eBook |
Author | Allardyce Nicoll |
Publisher | |
Pages | 4629 |
Release | 2009-06 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 9780521125482 |
Nicoll's History tells the story of English drama from the reopening of the theatres at the time of the Restoration right through to the end of the Victorian period.
Modern English Drama
Title | Modern English Drama PDF eBook |
Author | Ernest Reynolds |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1951 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
A Reference Guide for English Studies
Title | A Reference Guide for English Studies PDF eBook |
Author | Michael J. Marcuse |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 2816 |
Release | 2023-11-10 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 0520321871 |
A History of English Drama, 1660-1900: Early nineteenth century drama. 1800-1850. 2d ed
Title | A History of English Drama, 1660-1900: Early nineteenth century drama. 1800-1850. 2d ed PDF eBook |
Author | Allardyce Nicoll |
Publisher | |
Pages | 688 |
Release | 1955 |
Genre | English drama |
ISBN |
A History of English Drama 1660-1900
Title | A History of English Drama 1660-1900 PDF eBook |
Author | Allardyce Nicoll |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 688 |
Release | 2009-06-25 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 9780521109314 |
Nicoll's History, which tells the story of English drama from the reopening of the theatres at the time of the Restoration right through to the end of the Victorian period, was viewed by Notes and Queries (1952) as 'a great work of exploration, a detailed guide to the untrodden acres of our dramatic history, hitherto largely ignored as barren and devoid of interest'.
English Theatre in Transition 1881-1914
Title | English Theatre in Transition 1881-1914 PDF eBook |
Author | James Woodfield |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 224 |
Release | 2015-07-16 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 1317389433 |
Originally published in 1984. The turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries was a time of considerable change in the English theatre. Victorian attitudes were shocked or shattered by the new drama of Ibsen; the major figure of George Bernard Shaw dominated the period; theatre censorship was the subject of a long and furious contest; and staging conventions changed from the spectacular stylings of Irving and Beerbohm Tree to the masking and statuesque styles of Isadora Duncan and the inner realism of Stanislavsky. This book traces the activities of the leading figures in the English theatre, notably William Archer who introduced Ibsen to this country and who became one of the main promoters of the idea of a National Theatre. Other personalities discussed include Harley Granville Barker, particularly his association with Shaw at the Court Theatre and his part in campaigns against censorship and for changes in the staging of Shakespeare, and Edward Gordon Craig, whose rebellion against the Victorian theatre took and anti-realist direction. This is a stimulating account of the background to the modern English theatre which can only increase appreciation of its standard and variety.