The Profession of the Playwright
Subtitle: British Theatre, 18001900
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: December 14, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9780521034432
Subjects: Theatre, drama; c 1800 to c 1900; Performing Arts; Performing Arts/Dance; United Kingdom, Great Britain; General; Theater - History & Criticism; Language Arts & Disciplines-General; Performing Arts / Theater / General; Performing Arts / Theater / History & Criticism; Theater--Great Britain--History--19th century; Theater - General
First sentence: Our image of the early nineteenth-century playwright is coloured by Dickens's 'Mr Johnson' (alias Nicholas Nickleby), who in the space of twenty-four hours is expected to write a play designed 'to bring out the whole strength of the company', while contriving simultaneously 'to introduce a real pump and two washing-tubs' which the manager happens to have bought cheap at a sale the other day.