John Ruskin and the Victorian theatre /
Newey, Katherine.
Richards, Jeffrey.
Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan,
2010.
"This the first sustained study of the interest of John Ruskin in the theatre of his time. It examines Ruskin's active engagement with and influence on the Victorian popular theatre. Ruskin was an enthusiastic and catholic theatre-goer, enjoying pantomime as much as Shakespeare. Through the lens of Ruskin's discussions of pantomime, melodrama, Shakespearean tragedy, and painting and the stage, Newey and Richards offer a new view of the late Victorian stage focusing on London's West End in its heyday"--
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"This the first sustained study of the interest of John Ruskin in the theatre of his time. It examines Ruskin's active engagement with and influence on the Victorian popular theatre. Ruskin was an enthusiastic and catholic theatre-goer, enjoying pantomime as much as Shakespeare. Through the lens of Ruskin's discussions of pantomime, melodrama, Shakespearean tragedy, and painting and the stage, Newey and Richards offer a new view of the late Victorian stage focusing on London's West End in its heyday"--
John Ruskin at the theatre -- Ruskinian influences -- E.W. Godwin and Ruskinian aesthetics -- Toga plays -- Melodrama -- Pantomime -- Ruskinian Shakespeare -- Stage beauty.
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900
Theater