The first study of the productions of the minor theatres, how they were adapted to appeal to the local patrons and the audiences who worked and lived in these communities.

Autorentext
FREDERICK BURWICK Professor Emeritus of English at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA.

Inhalt
Children on Stage: Idealized, Eroticized, Demonized Moore and the Drama of Irish Protest Zapolya : Coleridge and the Werewolves Glenarvon on Stage: Impersonating Byron Foscari : Mitford's Dramaturgy of the Unspoken and Unexplained Wilhelm Tell on the London Stage Heroic Rebels and Highwaymen London Crime: Executioners, Murderers, Detectives Transpontine Theaters and Working-Class Audiences