Octoroon The Broadview Anthology of British Literature Edition

Name: Octoroon The Broadview Anthology of British Literature Edition
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ISBN: 9781554812110

ISBN-10: 1554812119

ISBN-13: 9781554812110

Edition: 2014

Authors: Dion Boucicault, Sarika Bose

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Regarded by Bernard Shaw as a master of the theatre, Dion Boucicault was arguably the most important figure in drama in North America and in Britain during the second half of the nineteenth century. He was largely forgotten during the twentieth century—though he continued to influence popular culture (the iconic image of a woman tied to railway tracks as a train rushes towards her, for example, originates in a Boucicault melodrama). In the twenty-first century the gripping nature of his plays is being discovered afresh; when The Octoroon was produced as a BBC Radio play in 2012, director and playwright Mark Ravenhill described Boucicault's dramas as "the precursors to Hollywood cinema."In…

Book details

List price: $18.50
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Broadview Press
Publication date: 5/16/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 136
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.27" tall
Weight: 0.330
Language: English