304 Pages
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Routledge
304 Pages
by
Routledge
304 Pages
by
Routledge
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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,... Read more
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
Biography
Richard W. Schoch
