Victorian Writers and the Stage
The Plays of Dickens, Browning, Collins and Tennyson
Published on 19. December 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
XII, 249 pages
978-1-349-70033-2 (ISBN)
Description
This book examines the dramatic work of Dickens, Browning, Collins, and Tennyson, their interaction with the theatrical world, and their attempts to develop their reputations as playwrights. These major Victorian writers each authored several professional plays, but why has their achievement been overlooked?
Reviews / Votes
"Pearson's work makes significant contributions to the study of each of its four central authors and connects in interesting ways with work undertaken on female authorship and the stage in relation to writers like Charlotte Brontë and Mary Elizabeth Braddon. Victorian Writers and the Stage is a valuable and highly insightful monograph that traverses literary and theatrical history with ease." (Beth Palmer, English Studies, Vol. 98 (2), 2017)More details
Series
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
XII, 249 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
337 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-349-70033-2 (9781349700332)
DOI
10.1057/9781137504685
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
E-Book
06/2015
1st Edition
Palgrave Macmillan
€53.49
Available for download
Person
Richard Pearson lectures at the National University of Ireland Galway and was previously Head of Arts and Humanities at the University of Worcester. He is the director of an AHRC-funded digital archive, The Victorian Plays Project. His publications include W.M. Thackeray and the Mediated Text, The Victorians and the Ancient World, and The Index of English Literary Manuscripts.
Content
List of Figures Acknowledgments Chronology Introduction: Legitimacy and Playwriting PART I: COMEDY AND TRAGEDY, BEFORE THE THEATRES ACT OF 1843 1. Farce, Family and the Minor Theatres: Dickens as a Legitimate Playwright 2. Text and Performance: Robert Browning and the Struggle of the Dramatic Author PART II: COLLABORATIONS AT MID-CENTURY, 1845-1868 3. The Novelist at the Stage Door: Dickens' and Thackeray's Dialogue with the Theatre 4. Dramatic Collaboration: Dickens' and Collins' Melodramas PART III: DRAMATIC IDENTITIES, 1870-1883 5. Adapting to the Stage: Wilkie Collins and the Double Text 6. Cometh the Hero? Alfred Lord Tennyson as the Nation's Playwright Notes Selected Bibliography Index