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Late Victorian plays, 1890-1914; edited with an introduction by George Rowell.

Title
Late Victorian plays, 1890-1914; edited with an introduction by George Rowell.
Author
Rowell, George.
Publication
London, New York, University Press, 1972.

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Description
xviii, 507 p. facsims.; 21 cm.
Summary
"'On May 27, 1893,' wrote William Archer in a book published thirty years later, 'Arthur Pinero planted a milestone on the path of Progress in the shape of The Second Mrs. Tanqueray.' Pinero and Henry Arthur Jones, Wilde, evolved the Society drama, a vehicle for the actor-managers who ruled the commercial theatre, represented here not only by 'that Interesting Play' and Jones's high comedy The Liars but also by H. H. Davies's The Mollusc, which looks forward to the drawing-room
Series Statement
Oxford paperbacks, 286
Subject
  • 1800-1999
  • English drama > 19th century
  • English drama > 20th century
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. [xviii]
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Pinero, A.W. The second Mrs Tanqueray.--Jones, H.A. The liars.--Davies, H.H. The mollusc.--Hankin, St.J. The Cassilis engagement.--Granville-Barker, H. The Voysey inheritance.--Galsworthy, J. Justice.--Houghton, S. Hindle wakes.
ISBN
0192811312
LCCN
^^^73150236^
OCLC
  • 1710633
  • SCSB-12646403
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library