| Selected Plays Contributor(s): Boucicault, Dion (Author), Parkin, Andrew (Editor), Parkin, Andrew (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0813206170 ISBN-13: 9780813206172 Publisher: Catholic University of America Press OUR PRICE: $23.70 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 1987 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 822.8 |
| LCCN: 85031345 |
| Series: Irish Drama Selections |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.3" W x 8.4" (1.10 lbs) 410 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The selection of Boucicault's work in this volume stresses his consummate craft as a writer for the theatre in the age of actor-managers and melodrama. It also reminds us of that Irish verve, charm and adroitness which made him the best playwright of his generation in England and America as well as Ireland. Arguably the father of both the Irish and American drama, his characteristic plotting and taste for sensation suggest that another of his heirs was the early movie industry. |
