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005			20170105102852.0
008			091015s2009 nyu b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2009043401
020			_a9780230229365 (hardback)
040			_aDLC _cDLC
043			_ae-uk-en
050	0	0	_aPN2594 _b.R53 2009
100	1		_aRichards, Jeffrey.
245	1	4	_aThe ancient world on the Victorian and Edwardian stage / _cJeffrey Richards.
260			_aNew York : _bPalgrave Macmillan, _c2009.
300			_axi, 267 p. ; _c23 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	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.
520			_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.
650		0	_aTheatrical companies _zEngland _xHistory _y19th century.
650		0	_aTheater _xProduction and direction _zEngland _xHistory _y19th century.
650		0	_aHistorical drama, English _xHistory and criticism.
650		0	_aEnglish drama _y19th century _xHistory and criticism.
650		0	_aCivilization, Classical, in literature.
650		0	_aClassicism _zEngland _xHistory _y19th century.
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