The Villainous Stage: Crime Plays on Broadway and in the West End

by Marvin Lachman

Live theatre was once the main entertainment medium in the United States and the United Kingdom. The preeminent dramatists and actors of the day wrote and performed in numerous plays in which crime was a major plot element. This remains true today, especially with the longest-running shows such as The Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables and Sweeney Todd.

While hundreds of books have been published about crime fiction in film...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786495340
• ISBN13: 9780786495344
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher