{"product_id":"when-they-werent-doing-shakespeare-carol-carlisle-9780820336923","title":"When They Weren't Doing Shakespeare: Essays on Nineteenth-Century British and American Theatre","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe richness of Victorian theatre has often been neglected because of the era's most celebrated productions of Shakespeare's plays. Judith L. Fisher and Stephen Watt present a vigorous collection of eighteen essays covering the vast expanse of this \"other\" theatre, including social dramas, Christmas pantomimes, and adaptations of Gothic novels such as \u003ci\u003eGuy Mannering\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMetamora; or, The Last of the Wampanoags\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReflecting both the longings and values of the public and the theatrical conventions of the times, Victorian productions could capture audiences with the historical verisimilitude of William Charles Macready's production of \u003ci\u003eRichelieu \u003c\/i\u003eor incite a storm of public outrage with the too explicitly fallen woman in Olga Nethersole's interpretation of \u003ci\u003eSapho\u003c\/i\u003e. Playwrights worked at adapting such popular classic works as \u003ci\u003eThe Count of Monte Cristo\u003c\/i\u003e or devising new melodramas such as \u003ci\u003eRent Day\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLuke the Labourer\u003c\/i\u003e. Pandering to the tastes of an expanding middle-class audience, theatre bills reflected popular fascination with the daily newspapers' stories of social maladies. Transposed to the stage, \"bad\" men and women could be punished for wrongdoings in a way that was unlikely or impossible in real life. Emphasizing the variety of stagecraft in the Victorian age, the contributors to \u003ci\u003eWhen They Weren't Doing Shakespeare\u003c\/i\u003e present a composite portrait of the vibrant theatrical worlds that existed in both nineteenth-century New York and London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carol Carlisle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820336920\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820336923\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.93d","brand":"Carol Carlisle","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48153120768255,"sku":"9780820336923","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a5839b90-eeab-46ff-aa11-c500736cf87e.jpg?v=1770781427","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/when-they-werent-doing-shakespeare-carol-carlisle-9780820336923","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}