John Ruskin and the Victorian theatre /

"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 th...

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Main Author: Newey, Katherine
Other Authors: Richards, Jeffrey
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
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Summary:"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"--
Physical Description:x, 257 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780230524996 (hardback)
0230524990 (hardback)