Plays by Charles Reade: Masks and Faces, The Courier of Lyons, It is Never too Late to Mend - Couverture souple

Hammet, Michael

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0521286271 ISBN 13 : 9780521286275

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2009

Synopsis

This edition contains the three most important works of Charles Reade (1814–1884).

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This edition contains the three most important works of Charles Reade (1814–1884). Reade adapted the social purpose and concern for detail of the realistic novel to the stage. He was much concerned with poverty, the brutality of the prison regime of his time and the abuse of mental asylums. He assigned a specially important role to women in his plays, choosing to write for the charismatic actresses of his day. Masks and Faces (1852) is concerned with the public image and private life of a leading Covent Garden actress; The Courier of Lyons (1854) is based upon a real case of mistaken identity; and It Is Never Too Late to Mend (1865) describes the legal and financial oppression of poor English farming folk. All these plays were very popular and successful, performed and revived many times. Dr Hammet provides alongside them an informative introduction, notes on the text, a short biography of Reade, a full list of his plays and productions, and a bibliography.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0521286271
• ISBN 13: 9780521286275
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 184
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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