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Isabel Stowell-Kaplan

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Description:'Staging Detection' offers the first detailed study of the Victorian stage detective. Looking closely at a range of popular dramas from the mid-late nineteenth century, this book illustrates the heretofore-neglected figure of the stage detective was a foundational player in the period and one by which and through which we must reconsider Victorian Britain. This study documents the swift creation and codification of a new theatrical type. In so doing, the book explores the productive intersection between detection and performance while establishing the stage detective's position in and contribution to the important theatrical modes of the period, from popular melodrama to society comedy. This engaging work contributes significantly to the current understanding of the dramatic culture and theatrical tastes of the period, shedding light on Victorian acting styles, furthering our understanding of melodrama and the melodramatic mode and resituating the famous Wildean dandy as a successor, in both form and function, to the stage detective. The book reflects the fluidity of genre in the period and covers a diversity of dramatic writing including original work, adaptations from other languages, adaptations from novels and even adaptations of adaptations. This exploration will be of great interest to students and scholars of theatre history, Victorian literature and visual culture.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Staging Detection: From Hawkshaw to Holmes (Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies). To get started finding Staging Detection: From Hawkshaw to Holmes (Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: 'Staging Detection' offers the first detailed study of the Victorian stage detective. Looking closely at a range of popular dramas from the mid-late nineteenth century, this book illustrates the heretofore-neglected figure of the stage detective was a foundational player in the period and one by which and through which we must reconsider Victorian Britain. This study documents the swift creation and codification of a new theatrical type. In so doing, the book explores the productive intersection between detection and performance while establishing the stage detective's position in and contribution to the important theatrical modes of the period, from popular melodrama to society comedy. This engaging work contributes significantly to the current understanding of the dramatic culture and theatrical tastes of the period, shedding light on Victorian acting styles, furthering our understanding of melodrama and the melodramatic mode and resituating the famous Wildean dandy as a successor, in both form and function, to the stage detective. The book reflects the fluidity of genre in the period and covers a diversity of dramatic writing including original work, adaptations from other languages, adaptations from novels and even adaptations of adaptations. This exploration will be of great interest to students and scholars of theatre history, Victorian literature and visual culture.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Staging Detection: From Hawkshaw to Holmes (Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies). To get started finding Staging Detection: From Hawkshaw to Holmes (Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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