Author: BOOTH, MICHAEL.(EDITOR).
Title: Hiss The Villain: Six English and American Melodramas.
Description: London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1964. "Dr Booth..defines melodrama and traces its development..For the plays themselves he has collated the various nineteenth century acting editions to produce a text that is both authentic and readable.." Pp.390, introduction followed by the full text of six melodramas: 1.The Miller and His Men(Isaac Pocock); 2.My Poll and My Partner Joe(John Thomas Haines); 3.Ten Nights in a Bar-Room(William W.Pratt); 4.Lost in London(Watts Phillips); 5.Under the Gaslight(Augustin Daly); 6.The Bells(Leopold Lewis), 12 b/w illustrations, small booksellers inkstamp to lower corner of ffep. Brown cloth, d/w slightly rubbed with clear protective wrap. VG/VG.

Keywords: Booth Hiss Villain Six English American Melodramas Isaac Pollock John Thomas Haines William Pratt Watts Philips Augustin Daly Leopold Lewis Drama Plays Sensational 32055 Drama


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