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Plays by H. J. Byron: The Babes in the Wood, The Lancashire Lass, Our Boys, The Gaiety Gulliver by Jim Davis (Paperback, 1984)

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This volume introduces the works of an important but neglected dramatist, one of the most prolific and popular of the mid-Victorian period. H. J. Byron wrote an enormous number of comedies, burlesques and pantomimes. He invented the characters of Widow Twankay and Buttons, still beloved by modern pantomime audiences. His burlesques of melodrama helped to bring an end to the more outlandish examples of the genre; inveterate punning became his trademark. Byron was also a competent editor, theatre manager and actor specializing in the eccentric roles of his own plays. As playwright he was second only to W. S. Gilbert and Tom Robertson, whose careers he helped to further. Jim Davis has edited four of the plays, illustrating them with contemporary drawings and providing an extensive introduction.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13
9780521284950
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95659234

Product Key Features

Book Title
Plays by H. J. Byron: the Babes in the Wood, the Lancashire Lass, Our Boys, the Gaiety Gulliver
Author
Jim Davis
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
1984
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Number of Pages
236 Pages

Dimensions

Item Height
229mm
Item Width
152mm
Item Weight
350 g

Additional Product Features

Series Title
British and American Playwrights
Editor
Jim Davis
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom

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