The Broadview Anthology of Nineteenth-Century British Performance

ISBN-13: 9781551119007 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 684 str.

Tracy C Davis

Opis

This anthology provides a representative sample of plays and performances - from a range of genres, styles, and formats - that were popular on the 19th century British stage.

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List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Repertoire

George Colman, the Younger, The Africans; or, War, Love, and Duty (1808)

Col. Ralph Hamilton, Elphi Bey; or, The Arab’s Faith (1817)

James Smith and R.B. Peake, Trip to America (1824)

George Henry Lewes, The Game of Speculation (1851)

Christy’s Minstrels (1857-61)

• Programme with Musical Selections
  
  William Brough, The Nigger’s Opera; or, The Darkie That Walked in Her Sleep(1861)
  
  William Brough, The Gypsy Maid (1861)

Dion Boucicault, The Relief of Lucknow (1862)

T.W. Robertson, Ours (1866)

B.C. Stephenson and Alfred Cellier, Dorothy (1886)

Joseph Addison, Alice in Wonderland; or, Harlequin, the Poor Apprentice, the Pretty Belle,and the Fairy Ring (1886)

J.M. Barrie, Ibsen’s Ghost; or, Toole Up-to-Date (1891)

Paul Potter, Trilby (1895)

Netta Syrett, The Finding of Nancy (1902)