British American Playwrights 15 Volume Paperback Set Plays by Cha… 9780521286275
Plays by Charles ReadeMasks and Faces, The Courier of Lyons, It is Never too Late to Mend\nAuthor(s): Michael Hammet\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521286275, 978-0521286275\nSynopsis\nThis edition contains the three most important works of Charles Reade [tel]. Reade adapted the social purpose and concern for detail of the realistic novel to the stage. He was much concerned with poverty, the brutality of the prison regime of his time and the abuse of mental asylums. He assigned a specially important role to women in his plays, choosing to write for the charismatic actresses of his day. Masks and Faces [tel] is concerned with the public image and private life of a leading Covent Garden actress; The Courier of Lyons [tel] is based upon a real case of mistaken identity; and It Is Never Too Late to Mend [tel] describes the legal and financial oppression of poor English farming folk. All these pl.
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