Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-293) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Why classical burlesque? -- Enacting the past and the present -- The histories of Victorian classical burlesque -- Texts and contexts -- Note on the texts and this edition -- List of representative nineteenth-century classical burlesques -- Antigone travestie, Edward L. Blanchard -- Alcestis, the original strong-minded woman, Francis Talfourd -- Medea; or, the best of mothers, with a brute of a husband, Robert Brough -- Electra in a new electric light, Francis Talfourd.
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PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Blanchard, E. L., (Edward L.),1820-1889., Antigone.
Brough, Robert B., (Robert Barnabas),1828-1860., Medea, or, The best of mothers with a brute of a husband.
Talfourd, Francis,1828-1862., Alcestis, the original strong-minded woman.
Talfourd, Francis,1828-1862., Electra in a new light.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Burlesque (Literature)-- History and criticism.
English drama (Comedy)-- 19th century-- History and criticism.