Shaw and the nineteenth-century theater /

Shaw and the nineteenth-century theater / by Martin Meisel.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Meisel, Martin
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1963.
Subjects:	Shaw, Bernard, > 1856-1950. English drama > 19th century > History and criticism.

Table of Contents:

pt. 1. Dublin roots: Theatre royal and the theatrical stereotype
Opera and drama
pt. 2. London: currents and crosscurrents: Drama
Acting
pt. 3. Dramatic genre and the drama of ideas: Preamble to genre
Courtesans and Magdalens
Romantic comedy
Melodrama
Domestic comedy
Farce
Irish romance
Discussion play
Christian melodrama and Christmas pantomime
Historical drama
Extravaganza
pt. 4. Conclusion: Rhetorical drama and the drama of ideas.