Beschreibung:
Originally published in 1981. This study concentrates on one aspect of Victorian theatre production - the spectacular, which came to dominate certain kinds of production during that period. It considers the theory and practice of spectacle production as well as the cultural and artistic movements that created the favourable conditions.
Preface and acknowledgments, Michael R. Booth; Chapter 1 The taste for spectacle, Michael R. Booth; Chapter 2 Shakespeare, Michael R. Booth; Chapter 3 Melodrama and pantomime, Michael R. Booth; Chapter 4 Henry Irving's Faust, Lyceum Theatre, 1885, Michael R. Booth; Chapter 5 Beerbohm Tree's King Henry VIII, His Majesty's Theatre, 1910, Michael R. Booth; Appendix The costumes in The Forty Thieves, Drury Lane, 1886, Michael R. Booth; backmatter01 A note on bibliography, Michael R. Booth;