Richard W. Schoch

Shakespeare's Victorian Stage

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the revivals of Shakespeare's history plays as staged by actor-manager Charles Kean in mid-Victorian London.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 523g
• ISBN-13: 9780521622813
• ISBN-10: 0521622816
• Artikelnr.: 24287453

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. 'The prince of theatrical antiquaries'
2. 'Admirable exemplifications': the rise of theatrical historicism
3. 'Solid fragments': the poetics of performing history
4. 'The homestead of history': medievalism and nationhood on the mid-Victorian stage
5. Clio: the Muse that got away
Envoi: 'Getting away from everything feels good'
Bibliography
Index.