London Stage
8 total works
This day-by-day calendar of plays produced at the major London theatres from January 1, 1940 to December 31, 1949_the only work of its kind for the period_covers 53 major west-end theatres, thus dealing with all the big productions and names (Cocteau, Fry, Sartre, Hellman, Rattigan, Coward, Maugham, O'Casey, Shaw, Ibsen, Chekhov, Pirandello, Olivier, Gielgud, Richardson, etc.), revivals of the classics, and opera and ballet productions. Wearing lists 2,409 productions (over 143,000 performances) in chronological arrangement of playbills. With full production and contemporary review information for each play and a comprehensive index.
These highly praised day-by-day calendars of plays produced at the major London theatres cover all the big productions and names, revivals of the classics, and opera and ballet productions. J. P. Wearing lists each production in chronological arrangement of playbills, with full production and contemporary review information for each play, and including comprehensive indexes.
These highly praised day-by-day calendars of plays produced at the major London theatres cover all the big productions and names, revivals of the classics, and opera and ballet productions. J. P. Wearing lists each production in chronological arrangement of playbills, with full production and contemporary review information for each play and including comprehensive indexes.
Theatre in London has celebrated a rich and influential history, and in 1976 the first volume of J. P. Wearing's reference series provided researchers with an indispensable resource of these productions. In the decades since the original calendars were produced, several research aids have become available, notably various reference works and the digitization of important newspapers and relevant periodicals.
Spanning 1890 through the 1950s, all seven volumes of The London Stage series have been revised, corrected, and expanded. In addition, approximately 20 percent of the material-in particular, information about adaptations and translations, plot sources, and comment information-is new.
Although each volume contains indexes specific to that decade, The London Stage 1890-1959: Accumulated Indexes combines all of the indexes into one comprehensive resource for more efficient research. For example, those wishing to locate all the references to a particular actor, play, or theatre whose history spanned more than one decade will find all of the entries listed in this set.
This set includes four key indexes: general, genre, theatre, and title.
*The general index consists of numerous subject entries on such topics as acting, audiences, censorship, costumes, managers, performers, prompters, staging, and ticket prices. With approximately 40,000 people listed, this is the largest single source of theatrical personnel on the London stage during this period.
*The genre index comprises all entries for production types, including comedies, dramas, farces, and tragedies, as well as ballets, operas, adaptations, foreign works, pantomimes, and translations.
*The theatre index features every building to stage a production, from the Adelphi to Wyndham's.
*The title index cites 14,000 productions, identifying every work produced on stage from Domestic Economy in January 1890 to When in Rome in December 1959.
As a supplement to the individual volumes, The London Stage 1890-1959: Accumulated Indexes will be of value to scholars, theatrical personnel, librarians, writers, journalists, and historians.
Spanning 1890 through the 1950s, all seven volumes of The London Stage series have been revised, corrected, and expanded. In addition, approximately 20 percent of the material-in particular, information about adaptations and translations, plot sources, and comment information-is new.
Although each volume contains indexes specific to that decade, The London Stage 1890-1959: Accumulated Indexes combines all of the indexes into one comprehensive resource for more efficient research. For example, those wishing to locate all the references to a particular actor, play, or theatre whose history spanned more than one decade will find all of the entries listed in this set.
This set includes four key indexes: general, genre, theatre, and title.
*The general index consists of numerous subject entries on such topics as acting, audiences, censorship, costumes, managers, performers, prompters, staging, and ticket prices. With approximately 40,000 people listed, this is the largest single source of theatrical personnel on the London stage during this period.
*The genre index comprises all entries for production types, including comedies, dramas, farces, and tragedies, as well as ballets, operas, adaptations, foreign works, pantomimes, and translations.
*The theatre index features every building to stage a production, from the Adelphi to Wyndham's.
*The title index cites 14,000 productions, identifying every work produced on stage from Domestic Economy in January 1890 to When in Rome in December 1959.
As a supplement to the individual volumes, The London Stage 1890-1959: Accumulated Indexes will be of value to scholars, theatrical personnel, librarians, writers, journalists, and historians.
This day-by-day calendar of plays produced at the major London theatres from January 1, 1950 to December 31, 1959_the only work of its kind for the period_covers 52 major west-end theatres, thus dealing with all the big productions and names (Anouilh, Beckett, Brecht, Chekhov, Coward, Hellman, Ibsen, Miller, O'Casey, Osborne, Pinter, Pirandello, Shaw; Ashcroft, Olivier, Gielgud, Richardson), revivals of the classics, and opera and ballet productions. Wearing lists 3,117 productions (over 170,000 performances) in chronological arrangement of playbills. With full production and contemporary review information for each play, an appendix covering significant fringe theaters, and a comprehensive index.
These highly praised day-by-day calendars of plays produced at the major London theatres cover all the big productions and names, revivals of the classics, and opera and ballet productions. J. P. Wearing lists each production in chronological arrangement of playbills, with full production and contemporary review information for each play and including comprehensive indexes.
This day-to-day calendar of plays produced at the major London theatres from January 1, 1930 to December 31, 1939_the only work of its kind for the period_covers 61 major west-end theatres, thus dealing with all the big productions and names, revivals of the classics, and opera and ballet productions. Wearing lists 4,256 productions in chronological arrangement of playbills. With full production and contemporary review information for each play and a comprehensive index.
This day-by-day calendar of plays produced at the major London theatres from January 1, 1920 to December 31, 1929_the only work of its kind for the period_covers 51 major west-end theatres (together with the Old Vic, Lyric, Hammersmith, and Everyman), thus dealing with all the big productions and names, revivals of the classics, and opera and ballet productions. Lists 3,980 productions (over 164,000 performances) in chronological arrangement of playbills. With full production and contemporary review information for each play, and a comprehensive index.