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  • This anthology presents annotated scripts of four major burlesques by key play... This anthology presents annotated scripts of four major burlesques by key playwrights: Melodrama Mad! or the Siege of Troy by Thomas John Dibdin (1819); Telemachus; or the Island of Calypsoby J.R. Planché (1834); The Iliad; or the Siege of Troy by... more
  • This anthology presents annotated scripts of four major burlesques by key play... This anthology presents annotated scripts of four major burlesques by key playwrights: Melodrama Mad! or the Siege of Troy by Thomas John Dibdin (1819); Telemachus; or the Island of Calypso by J.R. Planché (1834); The Iliad; or the Siege of Troy by... more
  • This anthology presents annotated scripts of four major burlesques by key play... This anthology presents annotated scripts of four major burlesques by key playwrights: Melodrama Mad! or the Siege of Troy by Thomas John Dibdin (1819); Telemachus; or the Island of Calypso by J.R. Planché (1834); The Iliad; or the Siege of Troy by... more
  • The Victorian classical burlesque was a popular theatrical genre of the mid-19... The Victorian classical burlesque was a popular theatrical genre of the mid-19th century. It parodied ancient tragedies with music melodrama pastiche merciless satire and gender reversal. Immensely popular in its day the genre was also intensely... more
  • The Victorian classical burlesque was a popular theatrical genre of the mid-19... The Victorian classical burlesque was a popular theatrical genre of the mid-19th century. It parodied ancient tragedies with music melodrama pastiche merciless satire and gender reversal. Immensely popular in its day the genre was also intensely... more
  • Through an extensive series of extracts and accompanying interpretative and co... Through an extensive series of extracts and accompanying interpretative and contextual essays this volume showcases the expertise in classical learning that flourished in medieval Gaelic Ireland. Providing translations of all excerpts it situates... more
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