01601cam a22002774a 45000010009000000050017000090080041000260100017000670200029000840400013001130430012001260500022001381000023001602450080001832600043002633000025003065040051003315050248003825200362006306500058009926500071010506500054011216500056011756500044012316500048012751594641620170105102852.0091015s2009    nyu      b    001 0 eng    a  2009043401  a9780230229365 (hardback)  aDLCcDLC  ae-uk-en00aPN2594b.R53 20091 aRichards, Jeffrey.14aThe ancient world on the Victorian and Edwardian stage /cJeffrey Richards.  aNew York :bPalgrave Macmillan,c2009.  axi, 267 p. ;c23 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aThe Victorians and the ancient world -- The early Victorian actor-managers and the ancient world -- Living Greek statues -- Wilson Barrett's ancient world -- Irving's ancient world -- Tree's ancient world -- The toga play : climax and decline.  a"The first study of the depictions of the Ancient World on the Victorian and Edwardian stage, this book analyzes plays set in and dramatising the histories of Greece, Rome, Egypt, Babylon and the Holy Land. In doing so, it seeks to locate theatre within the wider culture, tracing its links and interaction with other cultural forms"--Provided by publisher. 0aTheatrical companieszEnglandxHistoryy19th century. 0aTheaterxProduction and directionzEnglandxHistoryy19th century. 0aHistorical drama, EnglishxHistory and criticism. 0aEnglish dramay19th centuryxHistory and criticism. 0aCivilization, Classical, in literature. 0aClassicismzEnglandxHistoryy19th century.