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The burlesque tradition in the English theatre after 1660

Title
The burlesque tradition in the English theatre after 1660 / by V.C. Clinton-Baddeley.
Author
Clinton-Baddeley, V. C. (Victor Clinton), 1900-1970.
Publication
London : Methuen & Co., [1952]

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Description
xvi, 152 pages, 13 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color); 22 cm
Subject
  • Burlesque (Theater)
  • Theater > Great Britain > History
  • English drama > History and criticism
  • Burlesque (Literature)
  • burlesques (literary works)
  • English drama
  • Theater
  • Burleske Literatur
  • Theater > Great Britain > History
  • Geschichte (1660-1950)
  • Great Britain
  • Englisch
Genre/Form
  • Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  • History
  • Burlesques.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
The nature of burlesque -- The progress of Burlesque -- Travesty and mock-heroic -- The burlesque tradition in the English theatre after 1660. Davenant and Buckingham -- Thomas Duffett -- John Gay -- Henry Fielding -- Henry Carey -- Richard Brinsley Sheridan -- John Hookham Frere and George Canning -- Thomas Dibdin, Charles Dickens, and the English melodrama -- The Jolly Jack Tar joke -- J.R. Planché -- W.S. Gilbert -- Bernard Shaw -- Stephen Leacock -- Max Beerbohm -- Pantomime and ballet.
LCCN
52014684
OCLC
  • ocm00179520
  • 179520
  • SCSB-119587
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library