Briefly Noted
- Briefly Noted
Nigel Willmott and Patrica Brearey
ISBN 9780993072703. North One Communications, London. 2015, £8.50. 133pp
Willmar Sauter and David Wiles. Stockholm U, Stockholm Theatre Studies 4.
2014. ISBN 9789187235924. Distributed by University of Exeter Press. £25.
Xvi +296 pp.
DRAMA AT THE PALACE. VICTORIAN HEYDAY: THE ALEXANDRA PALACE THEATRE 1873–1901
Nigel Willmott and Patrica Brearey
ISBN 9780993072703. North One Communications, London. 2015, £8.50. 133pp
The authors describe this book as “a good start in revealing the story of a great Victorian theatre, fully integrated into the mainstream of the mass entertainment industry of the age” (8). As they point out, the long-deserted theatre is now the subject of a successful Heritage Lottery bid aimed at restoring its fabric and bringing it back into use. As anyone who has been lucky enough to tour the magnificent shell will confirm, it is a cavernously evocative space in great need of a sympathetic restoration. For more details see www.fapt.org.uk. [End Page 214]
The Theatre of Drottningholm: Then and Now;
Performance between the 18th and 21st centuries
Willmar Sauter and David Wiles. Stockholm U, Stockholm Theatre Studies 4.
2014. ISBN 9789187235924. Distributed by University of Exeter Press. £25.
Xvi +296 pp.
A fascinating exploration of a court theatre that has survived essentially unchanged from the late eighteenth century. As Thomas Postlewait states in his preface the book has many functions but the one that is most relevant to Theatre Notebook readers is that “it serves theatre scholars who require an accurate and fully engaged study of one of the few remaining theatres from the Enlightenment era” (ix).
NEW ONLINE RESOURCE:
The Romantic Illustration Network Shakespeare Gallery
https://romanticillustrationnetwork.wordpress.com/shakespeare-gallery/
Ready for the 2016 anniversary of Shakespeare's birth, the Romantic Illustration Network is delighted to announce its digitisation of prints from Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery, courtesy of negatives provided by Professor Frederick Burwick (UCLA).
The Boydell Shakespeare Gallery was open to the public on London's Pall Mall from 1789 to 1805. Featuring paintings of scenes from Shakespeare by major artists of the day, including Henry Fuseli, Joshua Reynolds, and Angelica Kauffmann, the gallery was a popular if not a financial success.
Prints of the paintings were published in volumes (as well as in an illustrated edition of Shakespeare), and are now digitised here by the University of Roehampton for use under a Creative Commons licence. Images are arranged alphabetically by play, and new plays will be added over the coming months, so do keep checking back on the site. We have also digitised the front matter from the volumes.
Click on the thumbnails to access larger versions of the images, and to view the full-sized image. Once you have clicked on a thumbnail there is space to add comments on each image, and we very much encourage you to do so.
If you have any feedback, questions, or suggestions, please do let us know.
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