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Routledge Staging Detection: Victorian Theatre & Detective Performance

Name: Staging Detection: Victorian Theatre & Detective Performance
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Staging Detection reveals how the stage detective emerged as a transformative figure in nineteenth-century British theatre. This scholarly work explores the productive intersections between detection and performance across a range of Victorian plays, demonstrating how stage detectives shaped important theatrical modes from popular melodrama to society comedy. Beginning with Tom Taylor's blockbuster play The Ticket-of-Leave Man in 1863, the book traces the earliest performances of stage detectives across London's theatres. By centring the work of playwrights and novelists, it provides the first comprehensive examination of this pivotal theatrical phenomenon. Published by Routledge as part of the Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies series, this book offers scholars, students, and theatre enthusiasts an in-depth analysis of how detection and dramatic performance intersected to reshape Victorian stagecraft.

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Explores the emergence of the stage detective as a central figure in nineteenth-century British theatrical performance and drama.

Examines the intersections between detection narratives and theatrical modes including Victorian melodrama and society comedy.

Traces performances beginning with Tom Taylor's The Ticket-of-Leave Man in 1863 across London theatres.

Publishes within Routledge's Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies series for academic credibility.

Centres the work of playwrights and novelists to provide comprehensive analysis of detective performance on stage.

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Brand: Routledge
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 0367632640
Category: Books > Subjects > Arts & Photography > Performing Arts > Theatre > Acting & Auditioning
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 30 July 2021
Listed Since: 09 February 2021

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