The Later English Drama: With an Introduction and Notes (Classic Reprint)
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Author(s)Calvin S. Brown
PublisherForgotten Books
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It is the object of this book to present in convenient and accessible form what has been done best in the English drama from the time of Goldsmith to the present. For this purpose six plays, all of which still retain a place on the stage, have been selected, and, that the usefulness of the book might be increased, a number of notes have been added.
The texts are given complete, including dedications, prefaces, prologues, and epilogues. Only one expurgation has been made and that is indicated in its proper place.
For Goldsmith I have used the biographies by Prior, Irving, Forster, Black, and Dobson; for Sheridan those by Watkins, Moore, Sigmund, an Octogenarian, Mrs. Oliphant, Sanders, and Rae. Of Knowles no life has been written except that by his son, Richard Brinsley Knowles, which was printed privately and limited to twenty-five copies. To it I have not had access. The only biography of Bulwer-Lytton is by his son, Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton. It comes down however only to the year 1831, and consequently does not cover the period of his dramatic authorship. Livy and Dionysius of Halicarnassus have been drawn upon for Virginius, and Le Clerc, Voltaire, Anquetil, Petitot, Martin, Duruy, Guizot, and Kitchin for Richelieu.
A number of annotated editions of the plays have been consulted, a complete list of which is given in the bibliography on page xix.
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It is the object of this book to present in convenient and accessible form what has been done best in the English drama from the time of Goldsmith to the present. For this purpose six plays, all of which still retain a place on the stage, have been selected, and, that the usefulness of the book might be increased, a number of notes have been added.
The texts are given complete, including dedications, prefaces, prologues, and epilogues. Only one expurgation has been made and that is indicated in its proper place.
For Goldsmith I have used the biographies by Prior, Irving, Forster, Black, and Dobson; for Sheridan those by Watkins, Moore, Sigmund, an Octogenarian, Mrs. Oliphant, Sanders, and Rae. Of Knowles no life has been written except that by his son, Richard Brinsley Knowles, which was printed privately and limited to twenty-five copies. To it I have not had access. The only biography of Bulwer-Lytton is by his son, Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton. It comes down however only to the year 1831, and consequently does not cover the period of his dramatic authorship. Livy and Dionysius of Halicarnassus have been drawn upon for Virginius, and Le Clerc, Voltaire, Anquetil, Petitot, Martin, Duruy, Guizot, and Kitchin for Richelieu.
A number of annotated editions of the plays have been consulted, a complete list of which is given in the bibliography on page xix.
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