Author: John Franceschina
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135580669
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 781
Book Description
It is a generally accepted fact that in the first half of the nineteenth century, Catherine Gore became the most prolific, if not most popular writer of fashionable novels in England. It is less well known that Mrs. Gore's 200-volume output included eleven extremely popular, if not always critically successful, plays, performed at all three of the Theatres Royal in London: Drury Lane, Covent Garden, and the Haymarket. While several of the plays held the stage in England and the United States well into the second half of the nineteenth century, modern critical appraisals of the works have been hampered by the lack of available texts. Gore on Stage, for the first time provides performance texts of all of Mrs. Gore's work for the stage, including original cast lists, criticial responses, illustrations, and glossaries of foreign words and nineteenth-century jargon. Students of drama and nineteenth-century literature will delight in the intricacies of plot and theatrical effects in this collection of historical melodramas, comedies of manners, and farces; and they will marvel at the contemporary nature of the plays' themes, trading on a balance of power between male and female characters.
Gore On Stage
Author: John Franceschina
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135580669
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 781
Book Description
It is a generally accepted fact that in the first half of the nineteenth century, Catherine Gore became the most prolific, if not most popular writer of fashionable novels in England. It is less well known that Mrs. Gore's 200-volume output included eleven extremely popular, if not always critically successful, plays, performed at all three of the Theatres Royal in London: Drury Lane, Covent Garden, and the Haymarket. While several of the plays held the stage in England and the United States well into the second half of the nineteenth century, modern critical appraisals of the works have been hampered by the lack of available texts. Gore on Stage, for the first time provides performance texts of all of Mrs. Gore's work for the stage, including original cast lists, criticial responses, illustrations, and glossaries of foreign words and nineteenth-century jargon. Students of drama and nineteenth-century literature will delight in the intricacies of plot and theatrical effects in this collection of historical melodramas, comedies of manners, and farces; and they will marvel at the contemporary nature of the plays' themes, trading on a balance of power between male and female characters.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135580669
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 781
Book Description
It is a generally accepted fact that in the first half of the nineteenth century, Catherine Gore became the most prolific, if not most popular writer of fashionable novels in England. It is less well known that Mrs. Gore's 200-volume output included eleven extremely popular, if not always critically successful, plays, performed at all three of the Theatres Royal in London: Drury Lane, Covent Garden, and the Haymarket. While several of the plays held the stage in England and the United States well into the second half of the nineteenth century, modern critical appraisals of the works have been hampered by the lack of available texts. Gore on Stage, for the first time provides performance texts of all of Mrs. Gore's work for the stage, including original cast lists, criticial responses, illustrations, and glossaries of foreign words and nineteenth-century jargon. Students of drama and nineteenth-century literature will delight in the intricacies of plot and theatrical effects in this collection of historical melodramas, comedies of manners, and farces; and they will marvel at the contemporary nature of the plays' themes, trading on a balance of power between male and female characters.
Chapel of Gore and Psychosis
Author: Jack Hunter
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781840681871
Category : Horror in literature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Grand Guignol Theatre in Paris, founded by Oscar Metenier in 1897, soon became world-renowned for staging wild and bizarre spectacles of madness, mutilation, horror and death. Hunter charts the entire history of the Grand Guignol, from its inception to its closure in 1962, referencing and describing dozens of stage productions. Also contains a whole section on films which were either based on, or inspired by, the Grand Guignol and its works.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781840681871
Category : Horror in literature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Grand Guignol Theatre in Paris, founded by Oscar Metenier in 1897, soon became world-renowned for staging wild and bizarre spectacles of madness, mutilation, horror and death. Hunter charts the entire history of the Grand Guignol, from its inception to its closure in 1962, referencing and describing dozens of stage productions. Also contains a whole section on films which were either based on, or inspired by, the Grand Guignol and its works.
Bill Clinton on Stump, State, and Stage
Author: Stephen A. Smith
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
ISBN: 1557283729
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 429
Book Description
Outstanding scholars of political communication examine President Clinton's campaign--his words, texts, and the dynamics of his ability to inspire the public as "the man from Hope."
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
ISBN: 1557283729
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 429
Book Description
Outstanding scholars of political communication examine President Clinton's campaign--his words, texts, and the dynamics of his ability to inspire the public as "the man from Hope."
Gore Vidal
Author: Fred Kaplan
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1480409774
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 775
Book Description
This “fascinating” biography of an iconic American author and public intellectual “is so full of incident and celebrity . . . a pageant of entertaining stories” (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution). Few writers of recent memory have distinguished themselves in so many fields, and so consummately, as Gore Vidal. A prolific novelist, Vidal also wrote for film and theater, and became a classic essayist of his own time, delivering prescient analyses of American society, politics, and culture. Known for his rapier wit and intelligence, Vidal moved with ease among the cultural elite—his grandfather was a senator, he was intimate with the Kennedys, and one of his best friends was Tennessee Williams. For this definitive biography, Fred Kaplan was given access to Vidal’s papers and letters. The result is an insightful and entertaining portrait of an exceptional and mercurial writer.
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1480409774
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 775
Book Description
This “fascinating” biography of an iconic American author and public intellectual “is so full of incident and celebrity . . . a pageant of entertaining stories” (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution). Few writers of recent memory have distinguished themselves in so many fields, and so consummately, as Gore Vidal. A prolific novelist, Vidal also wrote for film and theater, and became a classic essayist of his own time, delivering prescient analyses of American society, politics, and culture. Known for his rapier wit and intelligence, Vidal moved with ease among the cultural elite—his grandfather was a senator, he was intimate with the Kennedys, and one of his best friends was Tennessee Williams. For this definitive biography, Fred Kaplan was given access to Vidal’s papers and letters. The result is an insightful and entertaining portrait of an exceptional and mercurial writer.
Herschell Gordon Lewis, Godfather of Gore
Author: Randy Palmer
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476604649
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Without a big budget, special effects team, or professional actors and crew members, Herschell Gordon Lewis created films that he himself admits were trash. Yet, while Gordon's softcore porn (The Adventures of Lucky Pierre) and heavy-duty gore (The Gruesome Twosome) were never blockbuster films, they were popular drive-in fare in the sixties and seventies. They have had a strong influence over more recent productions, and they have created for Lewis his own special niche in the world of exploitation and horror film. The history of Lewis the man and the filmmaker is a surprising one. Behind titles like Blood Feast and The Gore-Gore Girls is a warm and friendly gentleman whose road to his own brand of film glory was paved with disappointments, surprising successes, and lots and lots of fake blood. His career is examined in detail, with personal anecdotes and insights into making really gross movies on really small budgets. A filmography is included, and photographs, many of them rare, complement the text.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476604649
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Without a big budget, special effects team, or professional actors and crew members, Herschell Gordon Lewis created films that he himself admits were trash. Yet, while Gordon's softcore porn (The Adventures of Lucky Pierre) and heavy-duty gore (The Gruesome Twosome) were never blockbuster films, they were popular drive-in fare in the sixties and seventies. They have had a strong influence over more recent productions, and they have created for Lewis his own special niche in the world of exploitation and horror film. The history of Lewis the man and the filmmaker is a surprising one. Behind titles like Blood Feast and The Gore-Gore Girls is a warm and friendly gentleman whose road to his own brand of film glory was paved with disappointments, surprising successes, and lots and lots of fake blood. His career is examined in detail, with personal anecdotes and insights into making really gross movies on really small budgets. A filmography is included, and photographs, many of them rare, complement the text.
The Playgoer
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
The Law Times Reports of Cases Decided in the House of Lords, the Privy Council, the Court of Appeal ... [new Series].
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 932
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 932
Book Description
The Law Times Reports
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 952
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 952
Book Description
Reports of Cases Relating to Maritime Law
Author: Great Britain. Courts
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 652
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 652
Book Description
Women and Playwriting in Nineteenth-Century Britain
Author: Tracy C. Davis
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521659826
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
This collection of essays recovers the names and careers of nineteenth-century women playwrights.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521659826
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
This collection of essays recovers the names and careers of nineteenth-century women playwrights.