Heritage, nostalgia and modern British theatre : staging the Victorians / Benjamin Poore.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Poore, Benjamin, 1971-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Adaptations.
• Historical drama, English--History and criticism.
• Historical drama, English.
• English drama--20th century--History and criticism.
• English drama.
• English fiction--Adaptations--History and criticism.
• English fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
• English fiction.
• Literature and history--Great Britain--History--20th century.
• Literature and history.
• Great Britain.
• History.
• Great Britain--History--Victoria, 1837-1901.
• Stage adaptations.
• Nostalgia in literature.

Physical Description:

ix, 232 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Contents:

• Introduction: staging the Victorians: angry ghosts
• Staging the bad old days
• Staging the empire
• Staging Dickens
• Staging life stories
• Staging the Brontës
• Staging hauntings
• Conclusion: restaging the Victorians.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

• 9780230298897
• 0230298893

OCLC:

762768669