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Author:   Paul Fryer
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.404kg
ISBN:  

9781476681665

ISBN 10:   147668166
Pages:   219
Publication Date:   23 November 2023
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Introduction - Paul Fryer A ""Vilely Stupid"" Play: The Success of The Passing of the Third Floor Back - Hannah Unwin Mr. Blue Beard: A Show So Spectacular - Danny Devlin ""Can a playwright ask for better material?"" Bringing Trilby to the Stage - Helice Koffler ""A British tar is a soaring soul"": Framing the Process of H.M.S. Pinafore Through the Diaries and Correspondence of Gilbert and Sullivan - Scott M. Hayes The Shaughraun by Dion Boucicault - Nesta Jones The Sweet Smell of Success: Florodora as Victorian Megamusical - Ben Macpherson From Best Seller to Box Office Sensation: The Phenomenon of Mrs. Henry Wood's East Lynne - Amy Lehman The Faust of Henry Irving: A ""Dazzling Emptiness""? - Stephen A. Schrum L'Enfant Prodigue: A Prodigious Production - Tony Lidington What Price Success? The Blessing and the Curse of Monte Cristo - Cecilia J. Pang Princess of the Pearl Island at the Britannia Theatre, Hoxton, 1866–7, in the Context of Nineteenth-Century London Pantomimes - Deborah Jeffries From Matinée to Long Run, from ""Dearest"" to Ibsen: The Revelatory Success of The Real Little Lord Fauntleroy (1888–1891) - Heather Jeanne Violanti Uncle Tom's Cabin: A Cry for Freedom - Kathy Dacre The Klaw and Erlanger Ben-Hur: The Definitive Victorian Blockbuster - Howard Miller About the Contributors - Index"

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Paul Fryer is an academic, author, editor and researcher, based in Kent (UK). He has lectured and presented film screenings internationally and is a visiting professor at the Universities of Leeds, London South Bank and East London.

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