Nights at the Play: A View of the English Stage
London: Chatto and Windus, 1883. Hardcover. 2 volumes. 8vo. xv,324pp. viii,350pp. Gold-lined, three-quarter morocco over marbled boards with gold decorated spine. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Title-page vignette. Fascinating look at English Theater by dramatic critic and author Edward Dutton Cook (1829-1883). "...the reader should be advised that I have not attempted here a complete chronicle of the theatre during the last fifteen years, but simply records of certain selected events; sufficient, however, as I believe, to afford a fair general view of the existing condition of our stage." Includes articles and reviews on plays such as Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Richard the Third, a Midsummer Night's Dream, As you Like it, Othello, Joan of Arc, Amphitryon, Cromwell, Griselda, King o' Scots, Mary Queen o' Scots, Anne Boleyn, The Lord of the Manor, plus many others. Slight age wear and staining on binding, minor abrasions on boards. Small part of fore-edge from pages 57-92 slightly bumped and creased. Tight copy in overall very good condition. vg. Item #22832
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