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To say that for Conradians Peters' edition will be an essential source in their investigation of Conrad's oeuvre seems an obvious compliment, but it will also be an invaluable tool in the hands of theatre historians and theoreticians, a precious guide to the twentieth-century tensions and discussions on art, aesthetics and sense of humour, as well as on politics. This book makes its readers ponder why Conrad's plays were appreciated in the States and dis-regarded in Germany, why the context so vivid to the recalled critics disappears from the contemporality of twenty-first-century perspective, and why the interpretation of the female characters in Conrad's plays differs so drastically between reviews-rang-ing from omission and neglect to placing them at the heart of the drama. - Anna M. Szczepan-Wojnarska, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University, Warsaw, Poland, in: Yearbook of Conrad Studies (Poland) Vol. 14 (2019), pp. 123-124 John G. Peters has done a brilliant job in collating the reviews and observations of Conrad's drama, exploring their reception both as works on the page and on the stage. The fact that the volume is over 450 pages long makes us realise how important this 'obscure' aspect of Conrad's oeuvre truly is. - Richard J. Hand, The Conradian, 2021.

To say that for Conradians Peterson's [sic] edition will be an essential source in their investigation of Conrad's oeuvre seems an obvious compliment, but it will also be an invaluable tool in the hands of theatre historians and theoreticians, a precious guide to the twentieth-century tensions and discussions on art, aesthetics and sense of humour, as well as on politics. This book makes its readers ponder why Conrad's plays were appreciated in the States and disregarded in Germany, why the context so vivid to the recalled critics disappears from the contemporality of twenty-first-century perspective, and why the interpretation of the female characters in Conrad's plays differs so drastically between reviews-ranging from omission and neglect to placing them at the heart of the drama. - Anna M. Szczepan-Wojnarska, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University, Poland, in Yearbook of Conrad Studies Vol. 14, 2019 pp. 123-124 John G. Peters has done a brilliant job in collating the reviews and observations of Conrad's drama, exploring their reception both as works on the page and on the stage. The fact that the volume is over 450 pages long makes us realise how important this 'obscure' aspect of Conrad's oeuvre truly is. - Richard J. Hand, The Conradian, 2021 John Peters has meticulously assembled a collection of reviews and observations on Joseph Conrad's contributions to theatre that will be welcome to scholars and students undertaking investigations in this area and may also deserve the attention of those who contemplate developments and trends in criticism. - Michael John DiSanto, Joseph Conrad Today, Fall 2021

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John G. Peters, a University Distinguished Research Professor at the University of North Texas, has published widely on Conrad, including Conrad and Impressionism (2001), The Cambridge Introduction to Joseph Conrad (2007), and Joseph Conrad’s Critical Reception (2013).

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