Plays by Henry Arthur Jones

Name: Plays by Henry Arthur Jones
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ISBN: 9780521299367

ISBN-10: 0521299365

ISBN-13: 9780521299367

Edition: 1982

Authors: Henry Arthur Jones, Russell Jackson, Martin Banham, Peter Thomson

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Henry Arthur Jones was among the most prominent British dramatists of his day. A contemporary of Pinero, Wilde and Shaw, he did his best to elevate drama to the level of literature whilst constructing plays that were also successful in the commercial theatre. Though some of his contemporaries considered him cynical and daring, he strove to confront major issues without offending accepted social and dramatic conventions. This volume contains three of Jones's ninety-odd plays, representing the best of his work in different styles: melodrama and society drama. The Silver King (1882), the story of a man, falsely accused of murder, was Jones's first great success. It is one of the best…

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List price: $29.99
Copyright year: 1982
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 9/9/1982
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Martin Banham is Emeritus Professor of Drama and Theatre Studies at the School of English, University of Leeds.



List of illustrations


Acknowledgements


Introduction


Biographical record


Note on the texts


The Silver King


The Case of Rebellious Susan


The Liars



The text of The Silver King


The plays of Henry Arthur Jones


Bibliography