Victorian theatrical burlesques
By: edited by Richard W. Schoch.
Contributors: Schoch, Richard W.
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Aldershot, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
Subjects: Burlesques.; English drama -- 19th century.
Description: Metadramatic, the burlesque is often a play that allots a low social standing to a person of a higher class or vice versa. Its principal target was the blood and thunder of melodrama. These writings explore this neglected aspect of Victorian theatre.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [252]-255).
Table of contents: title: Miss Eily O'Connor / H.J. Byron (1861); title: 1863; or, The sensations of the past season / H.J. Byron (1863); title: The very latest edition of Black-eyed Susan / F.C. Burnand (1866); title: The Corsican 'bothers', or, The troublesome twins / H.J. Byron (1869); title: The poet and the puppets / Charles H.E. Brookfield and James Glover  (1892).