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Plays by James Robinson Planch�: The Vampire, the Garrick Fever, Beauty and the Beast, Foutunio and His Seven Gifted Servants, the Golden Fleece, the Camp at the Olympic, the Discreet Princess

James Robinson Planché

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James Robinson Planch� was one of the most prolific and successful of nineteenth-century playwrights. In a career spanning fifty years he wrote over one hundred and eighty pieces of all types, from pantomime and farce to melodrama and opera, for production at a wide range of London theatres. This book offers a representative selection of his most popular plays. It includes one melodrama - The Vampire; or The Bride of the Isles , which represents the first treatment of the vampire theme on the English stage; one farce - The Garrick Fever ; three 'fairy' extravaganzas - Beauty and the Beast , Fortunio and his Seven Gifted Servants , and The Discreet Princess; or, The Three Glass Distaffs ; one 'classical' extravaganza - The Golden Fleece; or, Jason in Colchis and Medea in Corinth ; and one revue of events in contemporary London - The Camp at the Olympic . The volume includes a lengthy introduction which sets the plays in the theatrical context of their time, a chronological record of Planch�'s life, a complete list of his plays, and a bibliography.

Language: English

Pages: 256

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Release: January 30, 1986

ISBN: 0521284414

ISBN 13: 9780521284417

Plays by James Robinson Planch�: The Vampire, the Garrick Fever, Beauty and the Beast, Foutunio and His Seven Gifted Servants, the Golden Fleece, the Camp at the Olympic, the Discreet Princess

James Robinson Planché

4/5 ( ratings)

James Robinson Planch� was one of the most prolific and successful of nineteenth-century playwrights. In a career spanning fifty years he wrote over one hundred and eighty pieces of all types, from pantomime and farce to melodrama and opera, for production at a wide range of London theatres. This book offers a representative selection of his most popular plays. It includes one melodrama - The Vampire; or The Bride of the Isles , which represents the first treatment of the vampire theme on the English stage; one farce - The Garrick Fever ; three 'fairy' extravaganzas - Beauty and the Beast , Fortunio and his Seven Gifted Servants , and The Discreet Princess; or, The Three Glass Distaffs ; one 'classical' extravaganza - The Golden Fleece; or, Jason in Colchis and Medea in Corinth ; and one revue of events in contemporary London - The Camp at the Olympic . The volume includes a lengthy introduction which sets the plays in the theatrical context of their time, a chronological record of Planch�'s life, a complete list of his plays, and a bibliography.

Language: English

Pages: 256

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Release: January 30, 1986

ISBN: 0521284414

ISBN 13: 9780521284417

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