The ancient world on the Victorian and Edwardian stage / Jeffrey Richards.

By: Richards, JeffreyMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009Description: xi, 267 p. ; 23 cmISBN: 9780230229365 (hardback)Subject(s): Theatrical companies -- England -- History -- 19th century | Theater -- Production and direction -- England -- History -- 19th century | Historical drama, English -- History and criticism | English drama -- 19th century -- History and criticism | Civilization, Classical, in literature | Classicism -- England -- History -- 19th centuryLOC classification: PN2594 | .R53 2009
Contents:
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.
Summary: "The first study of the depictions of the Ancient World on the Victorian and Edwardian stage, this book analyzes plays set in and dramatising the histories of Greece, Rome, Egypt, Babylon and the Holy Land. In doing so, it seeks to locate theatre within the wider culture, tracing its links and interaction with other cultural forms"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

"The first study of the depictions of the Ancient World on the Victorian and Edwardian stage, this book analyzes plays set in and dramatising the histories of Greece, Rome, Egypt, Babylon and the Holy Land. In doing so, it seeks to locate theatre within the wider culture, tracing its links and interaction with other cultural forms"--Provided by publisher.

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