An edition of John Ruskin and the Victorian theatre
(2010)
John Ruskin and the Victorian theatre
by Katherine Newey
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"This the first sustained study of the interest of John Ruskin in the theatre of his time. It examines Ruskin's active engagement with and influence on the Victorian popular theatre. Ruskin was an enthusiastic and catholic theatre-goer, enjoying pantomime as much as Shakespeare. Through the lens of Ruskin's discussions of pantomime, melodrama, Shakespearean tragedy, and painting and the stage, Newey and Richards offer a new view of the late Victorian stage focusing on London's West End in its heyday"--
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Table of Contents
John Ruskin at the theatre
Ruskinian influences
E.W. Godwin and Ruskinian aesthetics
Toga plays
Melodrama
Pantomime
Ruskinian Shakespeare
Stage beauty.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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