Originally published in 1981. This study concentrates on one aspect of Victorian theatre production in the second half of the nineteenth century – the spectac

This edited collection of essays details a wide-ranging selection of some of the most sensationally successful theatre productions of the long Victorian era, th

"Many nineteenth-century writers believed that the best tragedy should be read rather than performed, and they have often been attacked for their views by later

The cult of the child performer was a significant emergence of the Victorian age. Fierce public debate and lasting legislation grew out of the conflict between

Structured around three broad sections (on ‘Ways of Being: Identity and Ideology’, ‘Ways of Understanding: Knowledge and Belief’, and ‘Ways of Communi