Henry Irving''s Waterloo - Theatrical Engagements With Arthur Conan Doyle, George Bernard Shaw,

"This is an extraordinary, provocative, and informative book which covers a wide range of aspects of the theatre of the time and touches upon a large number of individual artists and personalities. The book locates a theatrical phenomenon in the larger culture, drawing upon documents around and beyond the theatre itself. It will shake up complacent scholars, generate a new methodological freedom, and open up a whole period to sophisticated and creative cultural analysis."—Cary M. Mazer, author of Shakespeare Refashioned

"W. D. King has developed an original close-reading of a particular (and only apparently marginal) episode of theatrical history and has placed that episode within a network of crucial cultural issues and values. The book is original in methodology, elegant in its argument, and persuasive in its conclusions."—Joseph R. Roach, author of The Player's Passion

About the author

W. D. King is Associate Professor of Dramatic Art at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Product details

• Authors: W. D. King, King W. D.
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.08.2022
• EAN: 9780520333314
• ISBN: 978-0-520-33331-4
• No. of pages: 330
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, English, HISTORY / Europe / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism, c 1800 to c 1900, Theatre Studies, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, 1837–1901 (Victorian period), Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Literary studies: plays and playwrights