17th-19th Century Performance

Originally published in 1984. The turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries was a time of considerable change in the English theatre. This book traces the activities of the leading figures in the English theatre, notably William Archer who introduced Ibsen to this country and who became one of ..

Originally published in 1978. Henry Irving achieved an astounding success in Britain and America as an actor. Irving, the man, with his tenacious, obsessive talent, his human limitations and weaknesses, and his ephemeral glory is brought most sympathetically to life in this biography. It is written ..

First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

Originally published in 1971. The essays collected here cover a range of topics within the world of Victorian theatre, from particular actors to particular theatres; from farce to Byron’s tragedies, plus a separate section about Shakespearean productions...

Originally published in 1978. Between 1830 and 1890 the English theatre became recognisably modern. This is a social history of Victorian actors which seeks to show how wider social attitudes and developments affected the changing status of acting as a profession...

Originally published in 1981. This study concentrates on one aspect of Victorian theatre production – the spectacular, which came to dominate certain kinds of production during that period. It considers the theory and practice of spectacle production as well as the cultural and artistic movements th..