British and American Playwrights – serie
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Plays by W. S. Gilbert
The Palace of the Truth, Sweethearts, Princess Toto, Engaged, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
Av William Schwenck Gilbert, George Rowell
Häftad, 1982
552 kr
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This edition includes four plays and one libretto, covering more than twenty years of the dramatist's career: The Palace of Truth (1870), Sweethearts (1874), Princess Toto (1876), Engaged (1877) and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (1891). The collection demonstrates that Gilbert was an original …
Plays by David Garrick and George Colman the Elder
Av E. R. Wood
Häftad, 1982
542 kr
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As playwrights David Garrick and George Colman the Elder showed themselves to be practical men of the theatre, providing excellent acting parts and well-constructed scenes capable of provoking laughter in any age. At one time they were rival managers of the two main London theatres, Drury Lane and …
Plays by Dion Boucicault
Av Dion Boucicault, Peter Thomson
Häftad, 1984
560 kr
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Five plays by this virtuoso of the theatre have been gathered in one volume and given scholarly attention. Dion Boucicault, the most popular dramatist of the second half of the nineteenth century, was also one of the most prolific and representative. Irish in origin, he worked and wrote in England …
Plays by George Colman the Younger and Thomas Morton
Inkle and Yarico, The Surrender of Calais, The Children in the Wood, Blue Beard or Female Curiosity, Speed the Plough
Av George Colman, Barry Sutcliffe
Häftad, 1983
473 kr
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This volume contains edited texts of five plays by two late eighteenth-century dramatists. The plays have been chosen to represent the range of the two playwrights and the variety of dramatic material on offer during the period. The full-length plays and afterpieces by George Colman the Younger and …
Plays by William Hooker Gillette
All the Comforts of Home, Secret Service, Sherlock Holmes
Av Don B. Wilmeth, Rosemary Cullen m. fl.
Häftad, 1983
560 kr
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The American playwright and actor William Gillette is best remembered today for the role of Sherlock Holmes that he first created for the stage in 1899 and played for more than thirty years. Gillette also adapted foreign plays for the American stage and wrote strong melodramas and spy stories in …
Plays by Augustin Daly
A Flash of Lightning, Horizon, Love on Crutches
Av Augustine Daly, Don M. B. Wilmeth m. fl.
Häftad, 1984
523 kr
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The American playwright and manager-director Augustin Daly dominated the theatrical scene in the United States during the last half of the nineteenth century. His plays and productions set a new standard for American theatre and exerted a strong influence in England, beginning with a first European …
Plays by Tom Taylor
Still Waters Run Deep, The Contested Election, The Overland Route, The Ticket-of-Leave Man
Häftad, 1985
473 kr
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Tom Taylor was one of the most successful and popular playwrights of the Victorian theatre. His plays are humorous and theatrically powerful, showing a social concern that was advanced for his times - particularly on matters such as the rehabilitation of criminals and corruption in public life. …
Plays by A. W. Pinero
The Schoolmistress, The Second Mrs Tanqueray, Trelawny of the 'Wells', The Thunderbolt
Av A. W. Pinero, Arthur Wing Pinero m. fl.
Häftad, 1986
377 kr
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This volume contains four plays by the leading late Victorian and Edwardian playwright Arthur Wing Pinero (1855-1934). It provides a representative sample of the work of a writer who far outshone his rivals (including both Wilde and Shaw) in his own day, and inspired such successors as Somerset …
Plays by James Robinson Planché
The Vampire, the Garrick Fever, Beauty and the Beast, Foutunio and his Seven Gifted Servants, The Golden Fleece, The Camp at the Olympic, The Discreet Princess
Häftad, 1986
560 kr
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James Robinson Planché was one of the most prolific and successful of nineteenth-century playwrights. In a career spanning fifty years he wrote over one hundred and eighty pieces of all types, from pantomime and farce to melodrama and opera, for production at a wide range of London theatres. This …
Plays by Samuel Foote and Arthur Murphy
The Minor, The Nabob, The Citizen, Three Weeks After Marriage, Know Your Own Mind
Av Samuel Foote, George Taylor
Häftad, 1984
542 kr
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For this volume George Taylor has edited five plays by two largely forgotten eighteenth-century playwrights, Samuel Foote and Arthur Murphy. The plays are The Minor and The Nabob by Foote and The Citizen, Three Weeks after Marriage and Know Your Own Mind by Murphy. All, apart from the last, are …
Plays by H. J. Byron
The Babes in the Wood, The Lancashire Lass, Our Boys, The Gaiety Gulliver
Av Henry James Byron, Jim Davis
Häftad, 1984
473 kr
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This volume introduces the works of an important but neglected dramatist, one of the most prolific and popular of the mid-Victorian period. H. J. Byron wrote an enormous number of comedies, burlesques and pantomimes. He invented the characters of Widow Twankay and Buttons, still beloved by modern …
Plays by Charles Reade
Masks and Faces, The Courier of Lyons, It is Never too Late to Mend
Av Charles Reade, Michael Hammet
Häftad, 1986
560 kr
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This edition contains the three most important works of Charles Reade (1814-1884). Reade adapted the social purpose and concern for detail of the realistic novel to the stage. He was much concerned with poverty, the brutality of the prison regime of his time and the abuse of mental asylums. He …
Plays by Henry Arthur Jones
Av Henry Arthur Jones, Russell Jackson
Häftad, 1982
448 kr
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Henry Arthur Jones was among the most prominent British dramatists of his day. A contemporary of Pinero, Wilde and Shaw, he did his best to elevate drama to the level of literature whilst constructing plays that were also successful in the commercial theatre. Though some of his contemporaries …
Plays by Tom Robertson
Society, Ours, Caste, School
Av T. W. Robertson, William Tydeman
Häftad, 1982
560 kr
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'After years of sham heroics and superhuman balderdash, Caste delighted everyone by its freshness, its nature, its humanity.' Thus, after watching a revival in 1897, did Shaw generously recognize the impact made thirty years earlier by Tom Robertson's best-known play. Yet, in spite of the …
Plays by Susan Glaspell
Av Susan Glaspell, C. W. E. Bigsby
Häftad, 1987
523 kr
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A cofounder of the Provincetown Players - the group that acted as midwife to the American theatre - Susan Glaspell (1876-1948) can also lay claim to be a major figure in her own right. Her early plays were in many respects as challenging and original as those with which O'Neill made his debut. Her …
Plays by Harley Granville Barker
The Marrying of Ann Leete, The Voysey Inheritance, Waste
Av Harley Granville-Barker, Dennis Kennedy
Häftad, 1987
560 kr
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Harley Granville Barker, one of the most versatile figures in twentieth-century theatre, was the leader of the campaign to reform the English stage in the Edwardian period. His work as an actor, director, playwright, and manager set new standards of production and gave Shaw his first successful …
