The Lights O' London and Other Victorian Plays: The Inchape Bell; Did You Ever Send Your Wife to Camberwell?; The Game of Speculation; The Lights O' L

by Joseph Stirling Coyne, Edward Fitzball, George Henry Lewes

Book Overview

The Lights o' London and Other Victorian Plays is a new selection of five nineteenth-century English plays, none of which has been recently available in print. Each represents vividly and masterfully the three dominant dramatic forms of the Victorian era: melodrama, farce, and comedy. All were extremely popular with audiences, and much vigour, excitement, and variety of dramatic expression of their time can be found in these texts. Included are Edward...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192827367
• ISBN13: 9780192827364
• Release Date: November 1995
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.1" x 7.7"