Features actors who were significant in their development of new and innovative ways of performing Shakespeare. This title contains extracts from diaries, memoi

During the nineteenth century, British theatre developed into an industry with considerable importance in the economy, diversified by whole new forms of enterta

During the reign of Queen Victoria, herself an ardent theatregoer as well as Supreme Governor of the Church of England, a remarkable rapprochement was effected

In her study of English theatre during the Peninsular War, Susan Valladares contextualizes the theatrical treatment of the war within the larger political and i