Plays by H. J. Byron: The Babes in the Wood, the Lancashire Lass, Our Boys, the Gaiety GulliverHardcover, 24 February 1984

Plays by H. J. Byron: The Babes in the Wood, the Lancashire Lass, Our Boys, the Gaiety Gulliver
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Part of Series
British and American Playwrights
Part of Series
British and American Playwrights, 1750-1920
Part of Series
Cambridge History of Medicine
Print Length
234 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Date Published
24 Feb 1984
ISBN-10
0521241758
ISBN-13
9780521241755

Description

This volume introduces the works of an important but neglected dramatist, one of the most prolific and popular of the mid-Victorian period. H. J. Byron wrote an enormous number of comedies, burlesques and pantomimes. He invented the characters of Widow Twankay and Buttons, still beloved by modern pantomime audiences. His burlesques of melodrama helped to bring an end to the more outlandish examples of the genre; inveterate punning became his trademark. Byron was also a competent editor, theatre manager and actor specializing in the eccentric roles of his own plays. As playwright he was second only to W. S. Gilbert and Tom Robertson, whose careers he helped to further. Jim Davis has edited four of the plays, illustrating them with contemporary drawings and providing an extensive introduction.

Product Details

Book Format:
Hardcover
Date Published:
24 February 1984
ISBN-10:
0521241758
ISBN-13:
9780521241755
Language:
English
Location:
Cambridge
Pages:
234
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press

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