{"product_id":"plays-by-james-robinson-planche-j-r-planche-9780521284417","title":"Plays by James Robinson Planche: The Vampire, the Garrick Fever, Beauty and the Beast, Foutunio and His Seven Gifted Servants, the Golden Fleece, the","description":"James Robinson Planché 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 (1820), which represents the first treatment of the vampire theme on the English stage; one farce - The Garrick Fever (1839); three 'fairy' extravaganzas - Beauty and the Beast (1841), Fortunio and his Seven Gifted Servants (1843), and The Discreet Princess; or, The Three Glass Distaffs (1855); one 'classical' extravaganza - The Golden Fleece; or, Jason in Colchis and Medea in Corinth (1845); and one revue of events in contemporary London - The Camp at the Olympic (1853). The volume includes a lengthy introduction which sets the plays in the theatrical context of their time, a chronological record of Planché's life, a complete list of his plays, and a bibliography.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e J. R. Planche\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0521284414\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780521284417\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/30\/1986\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58d","brand":"J. R. Planche","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48112917741823,"sku":"9780521284417","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3617a9e3-9d9f-4f6d-8fc0-84cfd9fcb80a.jpg?v=1769611821","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/plays-by-james-robinson-planche-j-r-planche-9780521284417","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}