The Castle Spectre

The Castle Spectre was first performed at Drury Lane Theatre in London in 1797 and quickly became a dramatic standard during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Lewis' Gothic play was one of the first to combine the action on stage with both music and special effects in order to evoke an emotional overload from theatre-goers. It was quite common, according to contemporary accounts, for members of the audience to pass out from fright during performances of The Castle Spectre. The Playwright, Matthew Lewis, was one of the originators of early Literary Gothic with his novel, The Monk. This edition includes the text of the original five-act play, a condensed three-act version, biographies of the original performers, newspaper adverts, contemporary reviews and critiques, the original musical score, and a critical introduction.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Ninth Gate Books specialize in the re-typesetting of rare, esoteric & forgotten books from a bygone era. All texts are reproduced using the TeX system.

The Monk has been re-typeset with modern US spelling and footnotes that define archaic words.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Matthew Lewis
• Verlag: Lulu.com
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 08.05.2017
• EAN: 9781365948589
• ISBN: 978-1-365-94858-9
• Seiten: 386
• Abmessung: 152 mm x 229 mm x 23 mm
• Gewicht: 625 g
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Pädagogik > Allgemeines, Lexika; Ratgeber > Lebenshilfe, Alltag > Familie