Research Catalog

Title

The villainous stage : crime plays on Broadway and in the West End / Marvin Lachman.

Author

Lachman, Marvin

Publication

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]

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Details

Description

vii, 254 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"Live theatre was once the main entertainment medium in the U.S. and the United Kingdom. The preeminent dramatists and actors of the day wrote and performed in plays in which crime was a major plot element. This remains true today, especially with the longest-running shows such as The Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables and Sweeney Todd"--

Subject

• Detective and mystery plays, English > History and criticism
• English drama > 20th century > History and criticism
• Detective and mystery plays, American > History and criticism
• American drama > 20th century > History and criticism
• Theater > New York > History > 20th century
• Theater > London > History > 20th century
• Crime in literature
• Detectives in literature

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Early days -- Adaptations and sensation -- History and mystery on stage -- Sherlock Holmes: Baker Street on stage -- Series detectives and rogues -- Agatha Christie, playwright -- Crook plays -- The theatre of the mind -- Trial and error: courtrooms on stage -- The stage side of the triangle -- The spy who came onto the stage -- A funny thing happened on the way to the theatre -- Spoofing the mystery -- Social studies I: race, ethnicity, and religion -- Social studies II: criminal justice -- Whodunits -- Just in crime: the musical.

ISBN

• 9780786495344
• 0786495340
• 9781476618753 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

^^2014037547

OCLC

891369417

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library