Gore on Stage: The Plays of Catherine Gore

ISBN-13: 9780815327356 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 544 str.

John Franceschina;Gore

Opis

It is a generally accepted fact that in the first half of the 19th century, Catherine Gore became the most prolific, if not most popular writer of fashionable novels in England. It is less well known that Mrs. Gore's 200-volume output included 11 extremely popular, if not always critically successful, plays, performed at all three of the Theatres Royal in London: Drury Lane, Covent Garden, and the Haymarket. While several of the plays held the stage in England and the United States well into the second half of the 19th century, modern critical appraisals of the works have been hampered by the lack of available texts.

Spis treści

The School for Coquettes * Lords and Commons * The Queen's Champion * Salvoisy or, The Queen's Lover * Modern Honor; or, The Sharper in High Life* The King's Seal * The Maid of Croissey; or, Theresa's Vow; King O'Neil, or, The Irish Brigade * Don Juan of Austria * The Tale of a Tub * A Good Night's Rest; or, Two In The Morning * Quid Pro Quo, or, The Day of Dupes * Glossary; Bibliography

O autorze

John Franceschina