Dickensian Dramas, Volume 1 Plays from Charles Dickens |
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| Editor:
| Bratton, Jacky |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-878795-2 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2018 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $185.00 |
Book Description:
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This book presents fully edited texts of dramatizations of Dickens's early novels, especially his Christmas books, which were staged in London simultaneously with publication. This selection of plays that were created in this way, some previously unpublished, offers the first opportunity for modern scholars to consider not only an exciting body of translations to the stage made by the first generation of Dickensian adaptors, but also the influence of their work and of the performances...
More DescriptionThis book presents fully edited texts of dramatizations of Dickens's early novels, especially his Christmas books, which were staged in London simultaneously with publication. This selection of plays that were created in this way, some previously unpublished, offers the first opportunity for modern scholars to consider not only an exciting body of translations to the stage made by the first generation of Dickensian adaptors, but also the influence of their work and of the performances they enabled upon the Dickens himself.