Tom Taylor and the Victorian Drama / Winton Tolles.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tolles, Winton, author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1940]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Studies English playwriting between 1840-1880 when Tom Taylor was one of the most popular and representative to show the manner in which his work reflects most of the experiments made by early and mid-Victorian dramatists.

Contents:

Frontmatter

PREFACE

CONTENTS

Chapter I .THE ENGLISH THEATER 1840-80

Chapter II. EARLY YEARS

Chapter III. BURLESQUES AND EXTRAVAGANZAS

Chapter IV. EARLY PLAYS 1844-52

Chapter V .THE PERIOD OF COLLABORATION WITH CHARLES READE 1852-56

Chapter VI. PLAYS FOR THE OLYMPIC 1853-60

Chapter VII. HAYMARKET COMEDIES 1857-70

Chapter VIII. MELODRAMAS AND DRAMAS 1860-70

Chapter IX. POETIC AND PROSE PLAYS 1870-80

Chapter X. NONDRAMATIC WRITING

GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-89851-7

OCLC:

1100453775