Author: Stage ReminiscencesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Stage Reminiscences: Being Recollections, Chiefly Personal, of Celebrated Theatrical & Musical Performers During the Last Forty Years
Author: Stage ReminiscencesPlays by James Robinson Planché
Author: James Robinson PlanchéPublisher: CUP Archive
ISBN: 9780521284417
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
James Robinson Planché was one of the most prolific and successful of nineteenth-century playwrights. In a career spanning fifty years he wrote over one hundred and eighty pieces of all types, from pantomime and farce to melodrama and opera, for production at a wide range of London theatres. This book offers a representative selection of his most popular plays. It includes one melodrama - The Vampire; or The Bride of the Isles (1820), which represents the first treatment of the vampire theme on the English stage; one farce - The Garrick Fever (1839); three 'fairy' extravaganzas - Beauty and the Beast (1841), Fortunio and his Seven Gifted Servants (1843), and The Discreet Princess; or, The Three Glass Distaffs (1855); one 'classical' extravaganza - The Golden Fleece; or, Jason in Colchis and Medea in Corinth (1845); and one revue of events in contemporary London - The Camp at the Olympic (1853). The volume includes a lengthy introduction which sets the plays in the theatrical context of their time, a chronological record of Planché's life, a complete list of his plays, and a bibliography.
Lives of Shakespearian Actors, Part IV, Volume 2
Author: Gail MarshallPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040128904
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
Features three female actors who were significant in their development of new and innovative ways of performing Shakespeare.
Illegitimate Theatre in London, 1770-1840
Author: Jane MoodyPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521039864
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
This book explores British illegitimate theatre towards the end of the eighteenth century.
Publications of the Scottish History Society
Author: Scottish History SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
A Contribution to the Bibliography of Scottish Topography
Author: Sir Arthur MitchellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
The Working Class in Glasgow
Author: R. A. CagePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000441695
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Originally published in 1987, this book examines how much industrialisation improved the standard of living of the British worker, based on the experience of one representative city: Glasgow. It analyses whether there was an increase in skilled as opposed to unskilled labour in major industrial centres – as for example in Glasgow, manufacturing shifted from textiles to engineering. Other important issues such as the rate of housing construction, public health, local politics and leisure pursuits are also considered. Glasgow has a long history of working-class culture and is therefore a particularly interesting city to study.
A Bibliographical Account of English Theatrical Literature from the Earliest Times to the Present Day
Author: Robert William LowePublisher: Gale Cengage
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.
Reference Catalogue of Books, Pamphlets and Plans, &c. Relating to Glasgow in the Library at Barlanark
Author: William Henry HillPublisher:
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Category : Glasgow (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Why is Q Always Followed by U?
Author: Michael QuinionPublisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 014195969X
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
Long-time word-detective and bestselling author of Port Out, Starboard Home, Michael Quinion brings us the answers to nearly two hundred of the most intriguing questions he's been asked about language over the years. Sent to him by enquiring readers from all around the globe, Michael's answers about the meanings and histories behind the quirky phrases, slang and language that we all use are set to delight, amuse and enlighten even the most hardened word-obsessive. Did you know that 'Blighty' comes from an ancient Arabic word? Or that Liberace cried his way to the bank so many times people think he came up with the phrase? That 'cloud nine' started out as 'cloud seven' in the speakeasies of '30s America? And that the first person to have their thunder stolen was a dismal playwright from Drury Lane? Michael Quinion's Why is Q Always Followed By U? is full of surprising discoveries, entertaining quotations and memorable information. There are plenty of colourful stories out there, but Michael Quinion will help you discover the truth that lies behind the cock-and-bull stories and make sure you're always linguistically on the ball.