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PublisherPalgrave Macmillan The Limited

ISBN-101403932972

ISBN-139781403932976

eBay Product ID (ePID)30446455

Product Key Features

Number of PagesXx, 235 Pages

Publication NameQueen Victoria and the Theatre of Her Age

LanguageEnglish

SubjectRoyalty, Theater / History & Criticism, General, Semiotics & Theory

Publication Year2004

TypeTextbook

AuthorRichard W. Schoch

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Performing Arts, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight19.3 Oz

Item Length9.4 in

Item Width6.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2003-055850

Reviews"This delightful, charmingly illustrated account of Queen Victoria's long-lasting and eventful love affair with the theatre offers no less entertainment than sociological illumination. No one is better fitted to tell this story than Richard Schoch, and he does with deep scholarship, verve and flair."--Stanley Wells, The Shakespeare Centre, 'This delightful, charmingly illustrated account of Queen Victoria's long-lasting and eventful love affair with the theatre offers no less entertainment than sociological illumination. No one is better fitted to tell this story than Richard Schoch, and he does with deep scholarship, verve and flair.' - Professor Stanley Wells, Shakespeare Centre '...amiable study of Queen Victoria's theatre-going.' - John Bowen, Times Literary Supplement 'Queen Victoria and the Theatre of Her Age is a little gem of beautifully researched detail, full of quotations from original sources; the surprising, the thought provoking, the amusing and the bizarre'. - Charlotte Zeepvat, Royalty Digest 'As with Schoch's previous excavations of Victorian theatricality, this is a very enjoyable, red-plush study.' - Plays International

Dewey Edition22

Number of Volumes1 vol.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal941.081/092

Table Of ContentList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Prologue PART I: AT HOME Paying A Visit to the Crown En Amateur Our Little Theatre Hush Money Suspended, not Destroyed PART II: IN LONDON At the Play The Lions Repaid All Royally to Play a Native Part Little People (Good and Bad) Vulgar Victorian Trash PART III: THE QUEEN'S EXAMPLE The Queen is Alarmed Arise, Sir - - -! Refuge at the Foot of the Throne Epilogue: A Giddy Whirl of Theatre-going Bibliography Index

SynopsisA fresh and intimate portrait of Queen Victoria 'at the play'. Through Victoria's diary, artwork and correspondence we see her as enraptured spectator, bountiful patron and tyrannical director of private theatricals. At times she appears formidable. More frequently she is impudent, high-spirited and unruly; a woman who delights in gory melodramas and circus acts. Queen Victoria and the Theatre of Her Age gives readers a deeply personal account of her lifelong devotion to the stage. It will appeal to anyone interested in monarchy's place in popular culture.

LC Classification NumberPN45-57