Dion Boucicault

The Vampire (1852) and The Phantom (1873)

Matthew Knight, Gary D. Rhodes (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

112 Seiten

2024
University of Wales Press (Verlag)
978-1-83772-150-4 (ISBN)

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Almost fifty years before Bram Stoker penned Dracula, Dion Boucicault staged The Vampire, a three-act play that thrilled London audiences as well as Queen Victoria. The production boasted innovations of stagecraft and dramatic composition, to say nothing of the mesmerising performance of Boucicault as the titular creature. After The Vampire closed, Boucicault moved to the United States and revised his play, staging a two-act version renamed The Phantom in 1856. The Vampire has languished in relative obscurity, with no published edition nor critical commentary, since the mid-nineteenth century years. Boucicault’s original handwritten script provides the basis for this first full edition of his innovative tour de force. Similarly, a manuscript of The Phantom, updated by Boucicault for an 1873 production, offers audiences a new version of this influential play. The Vampire and The Phantom can now take their proper place in the lineage of vampire literature that began with Polidori and continues to this day.

Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
Introduction
The Vampire (1852)
The Phantom (1873)
Appendix A – The Vampire notes and additions
Appendix B – The Phantom notes and additions
Bibliography
Notes

Erscheinungsdatum	23.08.2024
Reihe/Serie	Gothic Originals
Zusatzinfo	Not illustrated
Verlagsort	Wales
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Dramatik / Theater
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-83772-150-5 / 1837721505
ISBN-13	978-1-83772-150-4 / 9781837721504
Zustand	Neuware