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