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almahu_9949385388002882
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1 online resource (xii, 380 pages)
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9781003199878
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1003199879
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9781000438154
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1000438155
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9781000438017
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1000438015
Content:
This collection of primary sources examines literary and cultural criticism over the long nineteenth century. This volume explores the subject of drama criticism.
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Volume II: Theatre and Drama CriticismTable of Contents.Part 1: Theatrical DebatesHeadnote1. 1 Melodrama and the Shock of the New1. ⁰́₈Theatre⁰́₉, Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure, November 1802, 375-376.2. ⁰́₈The Theatres⁰́₉, The Satirist; or Censor of the Times, 19 February 1832, 62.3. ⁰́₈Monster Melo-Drame⁰́₉, The Satirist; or Monthly Meteor, 1 January, 1808, 337-3414. D⁰́₄G [George Daniels], ⁰́₈Remarks⁰́₉ on A Tale of Mystery, from Cumberland⁰́₉s British Theatre, Vol. VIII (London: John Cumberland, 1826).5. ⁰́₈Surrey Theatre⁰́₉, The Mirror of the Stage: or, New Dramatic Censor 13 January, 1823, 189-190.6. Walter Scott, extract from ⁰́₈An Essay on the Drama,⁰́₉ originally published as Supplement to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1819. This version from The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Vol VI, Chivalry, Romance, The Drama (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, and London: Whittaker & Co., 1834), pp. 383-395.7. Joanna Baillie, extract from A Series of Plays in which it is Attempted to Delineate the Stronger Passions of the Mind [Plays on the Passions] (London: T. Cadell, 1798), pp. 12-26.8. Henry Barton Baker, ⁰́₈The Old Melodrama⁰́₉, Belgravia, May 1883, pp. 331-339.1.2 The Decline of the Drama, and the National TheatreHeadnote9. Edward Lytton Bulwer, ⁰́₈The Drama⁰́₉, From England and the English Vol II (London: Richard Bentley, 1833), pp. 332-337, 339-346.10. Extracts from the Evidence from the 1832 Select Committee Report: Committee recommendations. Evidence from John Payne Collier, Q. 279, p. 24.Evidence from Douglas Jerrold; QQ 2834 to 2852, pp. 158-9.Evidence from William Thomas Moncrieff, QQ3118-3216; pp. 175-180.11. D. J. [Douglas Jerrold], ⁰́₈The Rights of Dramatists,⁰́₉ Monthly Magazine, May 1832, 559-565.12. Vivian, [George Henry Lewes] ⁰́₈Dreary Lane⁰́₉, The Leader, 21st February, 1852.13. [George Henry Lewes] ⁰́₈Vivian in Tears⁰́₉, The Leader, 7 February, 1852.14. ⁰́₈Why I Don⁰́₉t Write Plays⁰́₉, Pall Mall Gazette, August 31, 1892.15. ⁰́₈Why I Don⁰́₉t Write Plays⁰́₉, Judy, 28 September, 1892, p. 152.16. Effingham Wilson, A House for Shakespere: A Proposition for the Nation (London: H. Hurst, 1848) pp. 5-7.17. William Archer & Granville Barker, ⁰́₈Preface⁰́₉, in A National Theatre. Scheme and Estimates (London: Duckworth, 1907), pp. xv ⁰́₃ xxi.18. Henry Arthur Jones, ⁰́₈The Future of English Drama⁰́₉, The New Review, August, 1893, pp. 177-181.1.3. The Woman QuestionHeadnote19. ⁰́₈Women as Dramatists⁰́₉, All the Year Round, 29 September, 1894, pp. 299-301.20. ⁰́₈Women as Playwrights⁰́₉, The Sketch, 8 June, 1898, p. 256.21. ⁰́₈Women Playwrights⁰́₉, The Era, 6 November, 1897, p. 14.22. Madge Kendal, The Drama. A Paper Read at the Congress for the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science, Birmingham, 1884. (London: David Bogue), pp. 2-6, 8-13. 23. Raymond Blathwayt, Does the Theatre Make for Good? A Talk with Mr. Clement Scott, Reprinted from ⁰́₈Great Thoughts⁰́₉ (London: A. W. Hall, 1898), pp. 3-18.1.4. On Theatrical CriticismHeadnote24. Leigh Hunt, ⁰́₈Appendix⁰́₉ [Rules for the Theatrical Critic of a Newspaper] to Critical Essays on the Performers of the London Theatres, (London: John Hunt, 1807) pp. 17-21. 25. ⁰́₈On Theatrical Criticism⁰́₉, The Musical World, 30 May 1839, pp. 69-73. 26. William Archer, ⁰́₈The Ethics of Theatrical Criticism⁰́₉ in About the Theatre: Essays and Studies (London, T. F. Unwin, 1886.), pp. 183-196.27. R. M. Sillard, ⁰́₈Concerning Theatrical Criticism,⁰́₉ Westminster Review, December 1898, 634-640.Part II: Theatrical Aesthetics in Practice2.1 PantomimeHeadnote28. ⁰́₈Introductory Chapter⁰́₉, Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi, by Boz [Charles Dickens], 1838, pp. xi-xix.29. ⁰́₈Female Management⁰́₉, The Spectator, 8 January, 1831, p. 34.30. ⁰́₈Theatres⁰́₉, John Bull, 29 December, 1834. 31. ⁰́₈Pantomimes and Christmas Pieces⁰́₉, Illustrated London News, 28 December, 1844, 408-41032. ⁰́₈Boxing Day⁰́₉, The Era, 28 December, 1897. 33. Percy Fitzgerald, ⁰́₈Stage Illusion ⁰́₃ Mechanism⁰́₉, The World Behind the Scenes, (1881) pp. 1-534. Henry J. Byron, ⁰́₈Pantomimical⁰́₉, The Theatre, 1 January, 1879, pp. 408-410.2.2 TragedyHeadnote35. Leigh Hunt, Critical Essays on the Performers of the London Theatres (London: John Hunt, 1808)a) ⁰́₈Tragedy⁰́₉, pp. 1-4b) ⁰́₈Mrs Siddons⁰́₉, pp. 16-2136. William Hazlitt, A View of the English Stage (London: Robert Stodart, 1818). a) ⁰́₈Preface,⁰́₉ pp. x-xiiib) ⁰́₈Miss O⁰́₉Neill⁰́₉s Juliet⁰́₉ pp. 46-5037. Fanny Kemble⁰́₉s debut as Julieta) ⁰́₈Covent-Garden Theatre,⁰́₉ The Times, 6 October 1829. b) ⁰́₈Covent-Garden Theatre,⁰́₉ Morning Chronicle, 6 October, 1829.c) ⁰́₈The Drama,⁰́₉ New Monthly Magazine, Nov 1829, pp. 476-478.38. John Forster, ⁰́₈Macready as Macbeth,⁰́₉ The Examiner, October 4, 1835, repr. in Dramatic Essays edited by William Archer and Robert W. Lowe (London: Walter Scott, 1896), pp. 1-739. G. H. Lewes, ⁰́₈Rachel⁰́₉, from On Actors and the Art of Acting, (New York: Henry Holt, 1881; first published 1875) pp. 31-38. 40. Charles Kean⁰́₉s Shakespearean revivals: a) ⁰́₈The Theatrical Examiner⁰́₉, The Examiner, 14 February, 1852.b) ⁰́₈Theatrical Success and Shakspere for 100 Nights⁰́₉, The Era, September 16, 1855. c) ⁰́₈Charles Kean and the Modern Stage⁰́₉, Blackwood⁰́₉s, April 1868, pp. 481-484.41. Clement Scott, From ⁰́₈The Bells⁰́₉ to ⁰́₈King Arthur⁰́₉ (London: John McQueen, 1897). a) The Bells, pp. 3-7 b) A Story of Waterloo, pp. 363-3682.3. Victorian Acting and ScenographyHeadnote42. William Bodham Donne, ⁰́₈The Drama⁰́₉, Essays on the Drama (London: John W. Parker & Son, 1858), pp. 120-128, 153-155.43. G. H Lewes, ⁰́₈On Natural Acting⁰́₉, in On Actors and the Art of Acting (New York: Henry Holt, 1880), pp. 100-112.44. Henry Irving, ⁰́₈Preface⁰́₉, to Denis Diderot, Paradox of the Actor, translated by Walter Herries Pollock (London: Chatto & Windus, 1883), p. ix ⁰́₃ xx.45.
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