British nautical melodramas, 1820-1850 / [edited] by Arnold Schmidt.
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. These plays mixed sentimental moments and comic interludes of domestic melodrama with patriotic ima...
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Table of Contents:
- Volume IAcknowledgementsChronologyList of ThemesList of IllustrationsEditorial ProcedureGeneral IntroductionAppendices Introduction to Andrew L.V. CampbellCampbell. Bound 'Prentice to a WatermanCampbell.Britannia, or, the Female SacrificeIntroductionto Thomas DibdinDibdin. The PirateIntroductionto Edward FitzballFitzball. The Floating BeaconFitzball. The Flying Dutchman, or, The Phantom ShipFitzball.Nelson, or, Britannia Rules the WavesFitzball. The PilotFitzball. Tom Cringle, or, Mat of the Iron HandVolume IIIntroduction to John Thomas HainesHaines. Breakers AheadHaines. My Poll and My Partner JoeHaines. The Ocean of Life, or Every Inch a SailorHaines. Rattlin the Reefer, or, the Tiger of the SeaHaines. The Wizard of the Wave, or, the Ship of the AvengerIntroduction to Douglas William JerroldJerrold. Descart, the French BuccaneerJerrold. The Mutiny at the NoreJerrold. Black Eye'd SusanVolume IIIIntroduction to William Thomas MoncrieffMoncrieff. Shipwreck of the Medusa; or, the Fatal RaftIntroduction to W.H. Oxbury & J. GannOxbury & Gann. Midshipman EasyIntroduction to Isaac PocockPocock. Robinson Crusoe and the Bold BuccaneersIntroduction toCharles SomersetSomerset. The Fall of Algiers, By Sea and LandSomerset. The Sea Introduction to Edward StirlingStirling. The Cabin BoyIntroduction to Thomas James ThackerayThackeray. Penmark AbbeyIntroduction to T.E. WilksWilks. Ben the Boatswain.