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The Ancient World on the Victorian and Edwardian Stage

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  • © 2009

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  1. Jeffrey Richards
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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. The Victorians and the Ancient World

    • Jeffrey Richards
    Pages 1-25

  3. The Early Victorian Actor-Managers and the Ancient World

    • Jeffrey Richards
    Pages 26-65

  4. Living Greek Statues

    • Jeffrey Richards
    Pages 66-98

  5. Wilson Barrett’s Ancient World

    • Jeffrey Richards
    Pages 99-151

  6. Irving’s Ancient World

    • Jeffrey Richards
    Pages 152-168

  7. Tree’s Ancient World

    • Jeffrey Richards
    Pages 169-221

  8. The Toga Play: Climax and Decline

    • Jeffrey Richards
    Pages 222-235

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 236-267
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About this book

The first study of the depictions of the Ancient World on the Victorian and Edwardian stage, this book analyzes plays set in and dramatising the histories of Greece, Rome, Egypt, Babylon and the Holy Land. In doing so, it seeks to locate theatre within the wider culture, tracing its links and interaction with other cultural forms.

About the author

JEFFREY RICHARDS is Professor of Cultural History at Lancaster University, UK. His most recent books are Hollywood's Ancient Worlds (2008), Sir Henry Irving: a Victorian Actor and His World (2005) and Imperialism and Music (2001). His jointly authored work John Ruskin and the Victorian Theatre (with Katherine Newey) is forthcoming from Palgrave Macmillan.

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