Sheridan to Robertson: A Study of the Nineteenth-Century London Stage

Ernest Bradlee Watson

Published by Harvard University Press 1926

Sheridan to Robertson

A Study of the Nineteenth-Century London Stage

Ernest Bradlee Watson

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674599932

Contents

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	xvii
Foreword George Pierce Baker Publicly Available Download PDF	xix
Chapter I. LONDON LIFE AND THE STAGE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
Chapter II. THEATRICAL MONOPOLY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	20
Chapter III. THE LONDON THEATRES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	58
Chapter IV. HISTRIONIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLAYHOUSE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	80
Chapter V. THE COMMAND OF AUDIENCES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
Chapter VI. THEATRICAL MANAGEMENT: CAUSES OF FAILURE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
Chapter VII. EARLY MANAGEMENTS: KEMBLE AND ELLISTON Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
Chapter VIII. PIONEERS OF REFORM IN MANAGEMENT: MACREADY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	176
Chapter IX. PIONEERS OF REFORM IN MANAGEMENT: VESTRIS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189
Chapter X. CONSERVATISM AND TRANSITION: WEBSTER AND BUCKSTONE, PHELPS AND THE YOUNGER KEAN Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213
Chapter XI. THE REVOLUTIONISTS: FECHTER AND BOUCICAULT Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235
Chapter XII. THE STREAM OF LIFE ON THE STAGE THE SCENE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253
Chapter XIII. THE STREAM OF LIFE ON THE STAGE ACTING OF THE POETIC DRAMA Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	281
Chapter XIV. THE STREAM OF LIFE ON THE STAGE EARLY COMIC ACTING Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	314
Chapter XV. THE STREAM OF LIFE ON THE STAGE ACTING IN BURLESQUE AND THE NEWER COMEDY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	331
Chapter XVI. THE STREAM OF LIFE ON THE STAGE THE ACTING OF MELODRAMA Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	349
Chapter XVII. THE ROBERTSONIAN COMEDY BEGINNINGS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	380
Chapter XVIII. ROBERTSONIAN COMEDY: AT THE PRINCE OF WALES’S Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	402
Appendices Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	427
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	447
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	457

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Copyright year: 1926
Edition: Reprint 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Front matter: 19
- Main content: 485
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 18
- Other: 19 illustrations
Keywords: Theater -- England -- London.; Actors -- England.; English drama -- 19th century -- History and criticism.

eBook

Published: October 1, 2013
ISBN: 9780674599932

Hardcover

Published: February 5, 1926
ISBN: 9780674599239