num_pages: 224
description: Burlesque has been a powerful and enduring weapon in the critique of legitimate Shakespearean culture by a seemingly illegitimate popular culture, particularly in the nineteenth century. This first study of nineteenth-century Shakespeare burlesques explores the paradox that plays obviously not Shakespearean appear to be the most genuinely Shakespearean of all. The book brings together archival research, rare photographs and illustrations, studies of burlesque scripts, and an awareness of theatrical, literary, and cultural contexts.
language: English
title: Not Shakespeare: Bardolatry and Burlesque in the Nineteenth Century
titlecomplete: Not Shakespeare: Bardolatry and Burlesque in the Nineteenth Century
ratings_count: 5
publisher: Cambridge University Press