William Godwin and the Theatre

'this is an accurate, even moving, and deeply productive vision of Godwin ... Published together, The Plays of William Godwin and William Godwin and the Theatre ... are epoch-making.' The Wordsworth Circle

• Introduction: ‘A Head Full of Plays and Novels’; Chapter 1 Godwin and London’s Theatrical World; Chapter 2 ‘The Link Between the Literary Class of Mankind and the Uninstructed’: St Dunstan and Caleb Williams; Chapter 3 ‘Applause Hitherto Would Be Impertinent’: Spectacle and Anti-spectacle in Antonio and St Leon; Chapter 4 Conversation and Spectacle in Abbas, Faulkener and Fleetwood; conclusion Conclusion;