The Gymnasium of the Imagination: A Collection of Children's Plays in English, 1780-1860

by Jonathan Levy

Although children's plays of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries are rarely anthologized or even mentioned in reference books or histories of theatre, theatre historian and playwright Jonathan Levy found an embarrassment of riches when he set about developing this collection. Applying several criteria, which are noted in his preface, he found himself especially captivated by plays presenting scenes of real life and in which the dialogue sounds...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313266972
• ISBN13: 9780313266973
• Release Date: May 1992
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.8"