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British nautical melodramas, 1820-1850. Volume 1, [Plays] [electronic resource] / edited by Arnold Schmidt ; contributing editors, Joshua Commander, Kristl Commander and Leena Jamaleddin.

During the 1820s and 30s nautical melodramas "reigned supreme" on London stages, entertaining the mariners and maritime workers who comprised a large part of the audience for small theatres with the same sentimental moments and comic interludes of domestic melodrama mixed with patriotic im...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Other Authors: Schmidt, Arnold, 1954- (Editor), Commander, Joshua, e editor, Commander, Kristl (Editor), Jamaleddin, Leena (Editor), Campbell, A. L. V. (Andrew Leonard Voullaire), 1789-1870, Dibdin, Thomas, 1771-1841, Fitzball, Edward, 1792-1873
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2019.
Subjects:
Melodrama, English.
English drama > 19th century.
Seafaring life > Drama.
Melodrama, English > History and criticism.
English drama > 19th century > History and criticism.
Seafaring life in literature.
English drama.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Table of Contents:
  • Bound 'Prentice to a Waterman, or, The Flower of Woolwich / Andrew L. V. Campbell
  • Rule Britannia; or, The Female Sacrifice / Andrew L. V. Campbell
  • The Pirate; or, The Wild Woman of Zetland / Thomas John Dibdin
  • The Floating Beacon; or, Norwegian Wreckers / Edward Fitzball
  • The Flying Dutchman; or, The Phantom Ship / Edward Fitzball
  • Nelson, or, "Britannia Rules the Waves" / Edward Fitzball
  • The Pilot; or, A Tale of the Sea / Edward Fitzball
  • Tom Cringle's Log, or, Mat of the Iron Hand / Edward Fitzball.

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