London Assurance" and Other Victorian Comedies by Dion Boucicault

London Assurance" and Other Victorian Comedies by Dion Boucicault

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Offers plays from the 16th to the early 20th centuries. The texts are edited using modern spelling. Critical introductions, annotation, and bibliographies illuminate the plays' cultural contexts and theatrical potential.

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London Assurance" and Other Victorian Comedies by Dion Boucicault

Dion Boucicault: London Assurance W. S. Gilbert: Engaged Edward Bulwer-Lytton: Money Henry James: The High Bid Oxford English Drama offers plays from the sixteenth to the early twentieth centuries in selections that make available both rarely printed and canonical works. The texts are freshly edited using modern spelling. Critical introductions, wide-ranging annotation, and informative bibliographies illuminate the plays' cultural contexts and theatrical potential for reader and performer alike. 'The series should reshape the canon in a number of significant areas. A splendid and imaginative project.' Professor Anne Barton, Cambridge University.
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ISBN 13 9780192832962
ISBN 10 0192832964
Title London Assurance" and Other Victorian Comedies
Author Dion Boucicault
Series Oxford World's Classics
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Oxford University Press
Year published 2001-06-07
Number of pages 391
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