Plays Babes in the Wood, The Lancashire Lass, Our Boys and the Gaiety Gulliver |
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Author:
| Byron, H. J. |
Editor:
| Davis, Jim |
Series title: | British and American Playwrights Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-521-28495-0 |
Publication Date: | Jan 1984 |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $47.95 |
Book Description:
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This volume introduces the works of an important but neglected dramatist, one of the most prolific and popular of the mid-Victorian period. H. J. Byron wrote an enormous number of comedies, burlesques and pantomimes. He invented the characters of Widow Twankay and Buttons, still beloved by modern pantomime audiences.
This volume introduces the works of an important but neglected dramatist, one of the most prolific and popular of the mid-Victorian period. H. J. Byron wrote an enormous number of comedies, burlesques and pantomimes. He invented the characters of Widow Twankay and Buttons, still beloved by modern pantomime audiences.