Ancient World on the Victorian and Edwardian Stage

JEFFREY RICHARDS is Professor of Cultural History at Lancaster University, UK. His most recent books are Hollywood's Ancient Worlds (2008), Sir Henry Irving: a Victorian Actor and His World (2005) and Imperialism and Music (2001). His jointly authored work John Ruskin and the Victorian Theatre (with Katherine Newey) is forthcoming from Palgrave Macmillan.

• Foreword The Victorians and the Ancient World The Early Victorian Actor-Managers and the Ancient World Living Greek Statues Wilson Barrett's Ancient World Irving's Ancient World Tree's Ancient World The Toga Play: Climax and Decline Notes Index