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Chapter XVII. THE ROBERTSONIAN COMEDY BEGINNINGS

© 2013 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

© 2013 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Preface ix
  3. Contents xv
  4. Illustrations xvii
  5. Foreword xix
  6. Chapter I. LONDON LIFE AND THE STAGE 3
  7. Chapter II. THEATRICAL MONOPOLY 20
  8. Chapter III. THE LONDON THEATRES 58
  9. Chapter IV. HISTRIONIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLAYHOUSE 80
  10. Chapter V. THE COMMAND OF AUDIENCES 97
  11. Chapter VI. THEATRICAL MANAGEMENT: CAUSES OF FAILURE 135
  12. Chapter VII. EARLY MANAGEMENTS: KEMBLE AND ELLISTON 159
  13. Chapter VIII. PIONEERS OF REFORM IN MANAGEMENT: MACREADY 176
  14. Chapter IX. PIONEERS OF REFORM IN MANAGEMENT: VESTRIS 189
  15. Chapter X. CONSERVATISM AND TRANSITION: WEBSTER AND BUCKSTONE, PHELPS AND THE YOUNGER KEAN 213
  16. Chapter XI. THE REVOLUTIONISTS: FECHTER AND BOUCICAULT 235
  17. Chapter XII. THE STREAM OF LIFE ON THE STAGE THE SCENE 253
  18. Chapter XIII. THE STREAM OF LIFE ON THE STAGE ACTING OF THE POETIC DRAMA 281
  19. Chapter XIV. THE STREAM OF LIFE ON THE STAGE EARLY COMIC ACTING 314
  20. Chapter XV. THE STREAM OF LIFE ON THE STAGE ACTING IN BURLESQUE AND THE NEWER COMEDY 331
  21. Chapter XVI. THE STREAM OF LIFE ON THE STAGE THE ACTING OF MELODRAMA 349
  22. Chapter XVII. THE ROBERTSONIAN COMEDY BEGINNINGS 380
  23. Chapter XVIII. ROBERTSONIAN COMEDY: AT THE PRINCE OF WALES’S 402
  24. Appendices 427
  25. Bibliography 447
  26. Index 457
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Preface ix
  3. Contents xv
  4. Illustrations xvii
  5. Foreword xix
  6. Chapter I. LONDON LIFE AND THE STAGE 3
  7. Chapter II. THEATRICAL MONOPOLY 20
  8. Chapter III. THE LONDON THEATRES 58
  9. Chapter IV. HISTRIONIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLAYHOUSE 80
  10. Chapter V. THE COMMAND OF AUDIENCES 97
  11. Chapter VI. THEATRICAL MANAGEMENT: CAUSES OF FAILURE 135
  12. Chapter VII. EARLY MANAGEMENTS: KEMBLE AND ELLISTON 159
  13. Chapter VIII. PIONEERS OF REFORM IN MANAGEMENT: MACREADY 176
  14. Chapter IX. PIONEERS OF REFORM IN MANAGEMENT: VESTRIS 189
  15. Chapter X. CONSERVATISM AND TRANSITION: WEBSTER AND BUCKSTONE, PHELPS AND THE YOUNGER KEAN 213
  16. Chapter XI. THE REVOLUTIONISTS: FECHTER AND BOUCICAULT 235
  17. Chapter XII. THE STREAM OF LIFE ON THE STAGE THE SCENE 253
  18. Chapter XIII. THE STREAM OF LIFE ON THE STAGE ACTING OF THE POETIC DRAMA 281
  19. Chapter XIV. THE STREAM OF LIFE ON THE STAGE EARLY COMIC ACTING 314
  20. Chapter XV. THE STREAM OF LIFE ON THE STAGE ACTING IN BURLESQUE AND THE NEWER COMEDY 331
  21. Chapter XVI. THE STREAM OF LIFE ON THE STAGE THE ACTING OF MELODRAMA 349
  22. Chapter XVII. THE ROBERTSONIAN COMEDY BEGINNINGS 380
  23. Chapter XVIII. ROBERTSONIAN COMEDY: AT THE PRINCE OF WALES’S 402
  24. Appendices 427
  25. Bibliography 447
  26. Index 457
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