Victorian Theatrical Burlesques

First published in 2003. Wildly popular in their own day, Victorian burlesques are now little read, scarcely studied, and never performed. Giving long overdue emphasis to an unjustly neglected theatrical tradition, this critical edition - the first to focus on Victorian burlesques of Victorian plays - represents a valuable scholarly tool for students and scholars of modern drama, theatre history, and nineteenth-century popular culture. Victorian Theatrical Burlesques includes a 'state-of-the-art' introduction which provides a general overview of theatrical burlesques in the Victorian era, emphasising performance history. Sustained reference is made to burlesques other than those presented in the anthology. Through its general introduction, prefaces and annotations to individual plays, checklist of burlesque plays, and bibliography, the unique volume allows both specialist and non-specialist readers to see Victorian burlesques as a rich historical record of shifting attitudes toward drama and the theatre.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Note of Stage Directions; Introduction; 1. Miss Eily O’ Connor H. J. Byron (1861) 2. 1863; or, the Sensations of the Past Season H. J. Byron (1863) 3. The Very Latest Edition of Black-Eyed Susan F. C. Burnand (1866) 4. The Corsican ‘Bothers’; or, the Troublesome Twins H. J. Byron (1869) 5. The Poets and the Puppets Charles H. E. Brookfield and James Glover (1892); Representative Victorian Burlesques; Bibliography

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Richard W. Schoch

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Richard Schoch
• Mitarbeit: Richard Schoch (Herausgeber), Schoch Richard (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 05.12.2017
• EAN: 9781138644335
• ISBN: 978-1-138-64433-5
• Seiten: 256
• Serie: Routledge Library Editions: The Victorian World
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, History, European History, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, General & world history, Theatre Studies, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Social and cultural history, General and world history