Plays by Augustin Daly: A Flash of Lightning, Horizon, Love on Crutches (British and American Playwrights) (British and American Playwrights 15 Volume Paperback Set)

by Augustin Daly

Don B. Wilmeth, Rosemary Cullen, and Don M. B. Wilmeth (Editor)

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The American playwright and manager-director Augustin Daly dominated the theatrical scene in the United States during the last half of the nineteenth century. His plays and productions set a new standard for American theatre and exerted a strong influence in England, beginning with a first European tour in 1884 and culminating in the opening of Daly's own theatre in London in 1893. Daly, with the assistance of his brother Joseph, had over ninety of his plays or adaptations performed. This unique collection brings together three disparate examples from his prolific output: A Flash of Lightning (1868), Horizon (1871) and Love on Crutches (1884). Daly, an exceptional contriver of theatrical effects, offered the theatre of the 1870s and 1880s melodramas and comedies greatly superior to those of his competitors. These three plays represent the range and energy of his talent.
  • ISBN13 9780521240901
  • Publish Date 26 April 1984
  • Publish Status Inactive
  • Out of Print 14 July 2000
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Cambridge University Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 219
  • Language English