Plays by James Robinson Planché: The Vampire, the Garrick Fever, Beauty and the Beast, Foutunio and His Seven Gifted Servants, the Golden Fleece, theHardcover, 28 February 1986

Plays by James Robinson Planché: The Vampire, the Garrick Fever, Beauty and the Beast, Foutunio and His Seven Gifted Servants, the Golden Fleece, the
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Part of Series
British and American Playwrights
Part of Series
Cambridge Studies in the History and Theory of Politics
Part of Series
British and American Playwrights, 1750-1920
Print Length
252 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Date Published
28 Feb 1986
ISBN-10
0521241111
ISBN-13
9780521241113

Description

James Robinson Planché was one of the most prolific and successful of nineteenth-century playwrights. In a career spanning fifty years he wrote over one hundred and eighty pieces of all types, from pantomime and farce to melodrama and opera, for production at a wide range of London theatres. This book offers a representative selection of his most popular plays. It includes one melodrama - The Vampire; or The Bride of the Isles (1820), which represents the first treatment of the vampire theme on the English stage; one farce - The Garrick Fever (1839); three 'fairy' extravaganzas - Beauty and the Beast (1841), Fortunio and his Seven Gifted Servants (1843), and The Discreet Princess; or, The Three Glass Distaffs (1855); one 'classical' extravaganza - The Golden Fleece; or, Jason in Colchis and Medea in Corinth (1845); and one revue of events in contemporary London - The Camp at the Olympic (1853). The volume includes a lengthy introduction which sets the plays in the theatrical context of their time, a chronological record of Planché's life, a complete list of his plays, and a bibliography.

Product Details

Book Format:
Hardcover
Date Published:
28 February 1986
Dimensions:
22.81 x 15.19 x 2.31 cm
ISBN-10:
0521241111
ISBN-13:
9780521241113
Language:
English
Location:
Cambridge
Pages:
252
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Weight:
508.02 gm

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