The Edwardian Theatre
Subtitle: Essays on Performance and the Stage
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: April 26, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780521453752
Subjects: Theatre, drama; c 1900 - c 1914; Performing Arts; Theater; Theater - History & Criticism; Performing Arts/Dance; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Performing Arts / Theater / General; Theater--Great Britain--History--20th century; Great Britain; Theater - General; 20th century; History; Music-halls (Variety-theaters,; Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.)
First sentence: The image of Albert Edward, the cigar-smoking, pleasure-loving sportsman, playgoer, and first gentleman of Europe who succeeded his mother Queen Victoria as King Edward VII in 1901, looms over the decade he dominated in characteristic but problematic ways.