Author: Sir Francis Cowley Burnand
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Amateur theater
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
The "A.D.C." Being Personal Reminiscences of the University Amateur Dramatic Club, Cambridge
Author: Sir Francis Cowley Burnand
Publisher:
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Category : Amateur theater
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Amateur theater
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
The "A.D.C."
Author: Francis Cowley Burnand
Publisher:
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Category : Amateur theater
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Amateur theater
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
The Athenaeum
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Category : Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 862
Book Description
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ISBN:
Category : Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 862
Book Description
The Musical Times and Singing-class Circular
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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 670
Book Description
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ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 670
Book Description
Catalogue
Author: Maggs Bros
Publisher:
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Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
A Bibliographical Account of English Theatrical Literature from the Earliest Times to the Present Day
Author: Robert William Lowe
Publisher:
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Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
A bibliographical account of English theatrical literature from the earliest times
Author: Robert William Lowe
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 434
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Publisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
These Chivalrous Brothers
Author: David Sunderland
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
ISBN: 1785352431
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
The story of the 1882 Palmer Sinai Expedition, a spying and terrorist mission that ended in the murder of its participants and was one of the great cause célèbre of the nineteenth century. Just before sunset on August 8th 1882 HMS Cockatrice, a small paddle wheel gunboat, appeared off the Egyptian shore. A rowing boat was lowered down its side and slowly moved towards the beach. On its arrival, six men and a teenage boy alighted. Three of the group were British, all dressed as Arabs, two were Bedouin tribesmen, one a Jew and one a Syrian. The following morning, this mismatched party set off for the desert, taking with them two boxes of dynamite and £3,000 in gold coin. Five of them were never seen again. An historical ‘who-done-it’, an adventure story, a history of the Anglo-Egyptian War and a biography of those involved in the controversy, /These Chivalrous Brothers/ explores the gulf between the Imperial ideal and reality and provides an insight into the character of the men who built the Empire. Through the biographies, it also throws light on such disparate topics as the early history of spying, spiritualism, female hysteria, biblical archaeology, various African uprisings, the Boer War and the hunt for ‘Jack the Ripper’.
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
ISBN: 1785352431
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
The story of the 1882 Palmer Sinai Expedition, a spying and terrorist mission that ended in the murder of its participants and was one of the great cause célèbre of the nineteenth century. Just before sunset on August 8th 1882 HMS Cockatrice, a small paddle wheel gunboat, appeared off the Egyptian shore. A rowing boat was lowered down its side and slowly moved towards the beach. On its arrival, six men and a teenage boy alighted. Three of the group were British, all dressed as Arabs, two were Bedouin tribesmen, one a Jew and one a Syrian. The following morning, this mismatched party set off for the desert, taking with them two boxes of dynamite and £3,000 in gold coin. Five of them were never seen again. An historical ‘who-done-it’, an adventure story, a history of the Anglo-Egyptian War and a biography of those involved in the controversy, /These Chivalrous Brothers/ explores the gulf between the Imperial ideal and reality and provides an insight into the character of the men who built the Empire. Through the biographies, it also throws light on such disparate topics as the early history of spying, spiritualism, female hysteria, biblical archaeology, various African uprisings, the Boer War and the hunt for ‘Jack the Ripper’.
Men and Women of the Time
Author: Victor Plarr
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Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 1004
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 1004
Book Description
Not Shakespeare
Author: Richard W. Schoch
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521800150
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Burlesque has been a powerful and enduring weapon in the critique of 'legitimate' Shakespearean culture by a seemingly 'illegitimate' popular culture. This was true most of all in the nineteenth century. From Hamlet Travestie (1810) to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (1891), Shakespeare burlesques were a vibrant, yet controversial form of popular performance: vibrant because of their exuberant humour; controversial because they imperilled Shakespeare's iconic status. Richard Schoch, in this study of nineteenth-century Shakespeare burlesques, explores the paradox that plays which are manifestly 'not Shakespeare' purport to be the most genuinely Shakespearean of all. Bringing together archival research, rare photographs and illustrations, close readings of burlesque scripts, and an awareness of theatrical, literary and cultural contexts, Schoch changes the way we think about Shakespeare's theatrical legacy and nineteenth-century popular culture. His lively and wide-ranging book will appeal to scholars and students of Shakespeare in performance, theatre history and Victorian studies.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521800150
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Burlesque has been a powerful and enduring weapon in the critique of 'legitimate' Shakespearean culture by a seemingly 'illegitimate' popular culture. This was true most of all in the nineteenth century. From Hamlet Travestie (1810) to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (1891), Shakespeare burlesques were a vibrant, yet controversial form of popular performance: vibrant because of their exuberant humour; controversial because they imperilled Shakespeare's iconic status. Richard Schoch, in this study of nineteenth-century Shakespeare burlesques, explores the paradox that plays which are manifestly 'not Shakespeare' purport to be the most genuinely Shakespearean of all. Bringing together archival research, rare photographs and illustrations, close readings of burlesque scripts, and an awareness of theatrical, literary and cultural contexts, Schoch changes the way we think about Shakespeare's theatrical legacy and nineteenth-century popular culture. His lively and wide-ranging book will appeal to scholars and students of Shakespeare in performance, theatre history and Victorian studies.