John Ruskin and the Victorian theatre
By: Katherine Newey and Jeffrey Richards
Contributors: Richards, Jeffrey
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Basingstoke; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9780230524996
Description: "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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: John Ruskin at the theatre; title: Ruskinian influences; title: E.W. Godwin and Ruskinian aesthetics; title: Toga plays; title: Melodrama; title: Pantomime; title: Ruskinian Shakespeare; title: Stage beauty.