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Playing Out the Empire: Ben-Hur and Other Toga Plays and Films, 1883-1908. A Critical Anthology
David Mayer
Playing Out the Empire: Ben-Hur and Other Toga Plays and Films, 1883-1908. A Critical Anthology
David Mayer
A collection of the most important playscripts and film scenarios of the "toga play", a genre of theatrical melodrama which flourished in the late-19th century and which re-emerged in silent cinema, and later in Hollywood "epics". The book casts new light on Victorian social and cultural history.
336 pages, halftones
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | February 17, 1994 |
ISBN13 | 9780198119906 |
Publishers | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 336 |
Dimensions | 144 × 223 × 25 mm · 518 g |
Editor | Mayer, David (Professor of Drama, Professor of Drama, University of Manchester) |
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