Download or read book Victorian Epic Burlesques written by Rachel Bryant Davies and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-10-04 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology presents annotated scripts of four major burlesques by key playwrights: Melodrama Mad! or, the Siege of Troy by Thomas John Dibdin (1819); Telemachus; or, the Island of Calypso by J.R. Planché (1834); The Iliad; or, the Siege of Troy by Robert Brough (1858) and Ulysses; or the Ironclad Warriors and the Little Tug of War by F.C. Burnand (1865). Beloved legend, archaeological riddle and educational staple: Homer's epic tales of the Trojan War and its aftermath were vividly reimagined in nineteenth-century Britain. Classical burlesques-exceptionally successful theatrical entertainments-continually mined the Iliad and Odyssey to lucrative comic effect. Burlesques combined song, dance and slapstick comedy with an eclectic kaleidoscope of topical allusions. From namedropping boxing legends to recasting Shakespearean combats, epic adaptations overflow with satirical commentary on politics, cultural highlights and everyday current affairs. In uncovering Homer's irreverently playful afterlife, this selection showcases burlesque's development and wide appeal. The critical introduction analyses how these plays contested the accessibility of classical antiquity and dramatic performance. Textual and literary annotations, with contemporary illustrations, illuminate the juxtaposed sources to establish these repackaged epics as indispensable tools for unlocking nineteenth-century social, cultural and political history. Resources for further study are available online.

Download or read book Three Burlesques Op 8c written by Béla Bartók and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A tragicomic heroical satyrical burlesque poem in three cantos on the Hyperbole etc written by H. HARRISON (A.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1760 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Victorian Theatrical Burlesques written by Richard Schoch and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-01-29 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2003. Wildly popular in their own day, Victorian burlesques are now little read, scarcely studied, and never performed. Giving long overdue emphasis to an unjustly neglected theatrical tradition, this critical edition - the first to focus on Victorian burlesques of Victorian plays - represents a valuable scholarly tool for students and scholars of modern drama, theatre history, and nineteenth-century popular culture. Victorian Theatrical Burlesques includes a 'state-of-the-art' introduction which provides a general overview of theatrical burlesques in the Victorian era, emphasising performance history. Sustained reference is made to burlesques other than those presented in the anthology. Through its general introduction, prefaces and annotations to individual plays, checklist of burlesque plays, and bibliography, the unique volume allows both specialist and non-specialist readers to see Victorian burlesques as a rich historical record of shifting attitudes toward drama and the theatre.

Download or read book Pentheus A Burlesque in Three Acts Etc Echoes of the Greek Drama No 1 written by Vincent AMCOTTS (and ANSON (Right Hon. Sir William Reynell) Bart.) and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Book of Burlesque written by W.H. Davenport Adams and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2019-09-25 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Book of Burlesque by W.H. Davenport Adams

Download or read book Three burlesques op 8c written by Béla Bartók and published by . This book was released on with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Judy written by and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Three burlesques op 8c Piano solo written by Béla Bartók and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Victorian Classical Burlesques written by Laura Monros-Gaspar and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-10-22 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Victorian classical burlesque was a popular theatrical genre of the mid-19th century. It parodied ancient tragedies with music, melodrama, pastiche, merciless satire and gender reversal. Immensely popular in its day, the genre was also intensely metatheatrical and carries significance for reception studies, the role and perception of women in Victorian society and the culture of artistic censorship. This anthology contains the annotated text of four major classical burlesques: Antigone Travestie (1845) by Edward L. Blanchard, Medea; or, the Best of Mothers with a Brute of a Husband (1856) by Robert Brough, Alcestis; the Original Strong-Minded Woman (1850) and Electra in a New Electric Light (1859) by Francis Talfourd. The cultural and textual annotations highlight the changes made to the scripts from the manuscripts sent to the Lord Chamberlain's office and, by explaining the topical allusions and satire, elucidate elements of the burlesques' popular cultural milieu. An in-depth critical introduction discusses the historical contexts of the plays' premieres and unveils the cultural processes behind the reception of the myths and original tragedies. As the burlesques combined spectacular effects with allusions to contemporary affairs, ambivalent and provocative attitudes to women, the plays represent an essential tool for reading the social history of the era.

Download or read book Othello travestie in Three Acts With Burlesque Notes in the Manner of the Most Celebrated Commentators and Other Curious Appendices By Ibef written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1813 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Thackeray written by Trollope and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Empire Burlesque written by Chris Floyd and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2006-08-07 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Secret History of the Bush Regime From the Award-Winning journalist comes a much-anticipated collection of his penetrating and prescient coverage of the Bush Administration. Never has the American Republic stood in such a degraded state as it does today: terrorized, militarized, subjected to arbitrary rule, riddled with corruption, despised and feared around the world - and more exposed to attack than ever before. How the hell did we get here? Empire Burlesque tells the tale, giving us the secret history of the Bush Regime - the backroom deals, the covert ops, and the monstrous betrayals of American principles that have gone down behind the pious rhetoric and sugary deceptions.

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Download or read book Empire Burlesque written by Daniel T. O'Hara and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2003-04-09 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVDiscusses the effects of globalization on the field of literary studies and the formation of a critical identity in America./div

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