In this creative study of history and popular culture, W. D. King ingeniously illustrates how a long-forgotten instance in theatre history can reveal the very p

"This is an extraordinary, provocative, and informative book which covers a wide range of aspects of the theatre of the time and touches upon a large number of

The end of a tradition. Brodribb - a fine name for a farmer. Brodribb prepares himself to become Henry Irving. The Lyceum Theatre. The actor. Irving as stage-ma