Pixérécourt: Four Melodramas

by René-Charles Guilbert de Pixerécourt

Book Overview

This volume contains four of Pix r court's most important melodramas: The Ruins of Babylon, or Jafar and Zaida; The Dog of Montargis, or The Forest of Bondy;

Christopher Columbus, or the Discovery of the New World; and Alice, or The Scottish Gravediggers. Also included is Charles Nodier 's introduction to the 1843 Collected Edition of Pix r court's plays and two theoretical essays by the playwright, "Melodrama,"...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0966615247
• ISBN13: 9780966615241
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publ.
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up