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The first systematic study of the depictions of the Ancient World on the Victorian and Edwardian stage, this book analyses plays set in and dramatising the history of Greece, Rome, Egypt, Babylon and the Holy Land. In so doing, it seeks to locate theatre within the wider culture, tracing its links and interaction with literature, painting, history, religion and archaeology. The plays studied range from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and Coriolanus to such spectacular stage melodramas as Quo Vadis, Ben-Hur and The Sign of the Cross, while the actors featured include Sir Henry Irving, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Mary Anderson and Lillie Langtry.

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Full title: Ancient World on the Victorian and Edwardian Stage
• Author: Jeffrey Richards
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 267
• EAN: 9780230229365
• ISBN: 0230229360
• ID: 04552579
• Publisher: PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
• Weight: 448 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 144 × 22 mm
• Date of publishing: 09. October 2009

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