Dickens on theatre
Dickens' burning passion for theater has often been overlooked by fans of his novels. A keen playwright and actor, he staged performances for which he oversaw every detail, and personally adapted many of his own fictional works. As a consummate self-publicist, he also undertook numerous stage tours and public readings of his own work. For Dickens, and for large swathes of Victorian society, theatre was a way of life and a hub of community: audience and performers would swell out onto the street…
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- Full title :Dickens on theatre / [foreword, Richard Eyre ; introduction and notes, Pete Orford].
Summary
Dickens' burning passion for theater has often been overlooked by fans of his novels. A keen playwright and actor, he staged performances for which he oversaw every detail, and personally adapted many of his own fictional works. As a consummate self-publicist, he also undertook numerous stage tours and public readings of his own work. For Dickens, and for large swathes of Victorian society, theatre was a way of life and a hub of community: audience and performers would swell out onto the streets and into nearby drinking establishments after each show. Drawing on a variety of sources, both fictional and journalistic, this collection portrays a career's worth of Dickens' musings, critiques, and opinions on one of his most revered passions and pastimes--the theater.
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- Publication Date:2011.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Hesperus Press
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2011.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xvii, 90 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781780940144, 1780940149, 9781780940120, 1780940122
- oclc:ocn779165235
- LC Classification:PN2594
- Dewey Decimal:792.094109034
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