Format:
Book
Title:
British plays of the nineteenth century : an anthology to illustrate the evolution of the drama / [edited by] J. O. Bailey.
Author:
Bailey, J. O. (James Osler), 1903-1979.
Call Number:
822.08 Bailey
Publisher, Date:
New York : Odyssey Press, 1966.
Description:
ix, 535 p. ; 24 cm.
Subjects:
English drama -- 19th century.
Contents:
Romance versus drama. Bertram / Charles Robert Maturin -- Richelieu / Edward Bulwer-Lytton -- Patrician's daughter / John Westland Marston -- Pippa passes / Robert Browning.
Comedy. London assurance / Dion Boucicault -- Our American cousin / Tom Taylor.
Melodrama. Tale of mystery / Thomas Holcroft -- Luke the labourer / John Baldwin Buckstone -- Rent-day / Douglas William Jerrold -- After dark / Dion Boucicault -- East Lynne / Mrs. Henry Wood -- Silver King / Henry Arthur Jones.
Rise of the New Drama. Caste / Thomas William Robertson -- Engaged / William Schwenk Gilbert -- Widower's houses / George Bernard Shaw -- Masqueraders / Henry Arthur Jones -- Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith / Arthur Wing Pinero.