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LONDON ASSURANCE
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| By: |
Dion Boucicault, James L. Smith (Editor), John Ross |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£10.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0713626097 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780713626094 |
| Publisher: |
BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC |
| Pub. date: |
13 September, 1984 |
| Series: |
New Mermaids |
| Pages: |
160 |
| Description: |
Play script, including biographical notes, textual details and information about the staging of the play. |
| Synopsis: |
Dion Boucicault was a witty, selfish and deceitful charmer, a bigamist, a profligate spendthrift and the author of dozens of successful plays, only a handful of which endure. Among these his early comedies influenced Oscar Wilde, and his Irish melodramas Shaw, Synge, and O'Casey. London Assurance was his first success, a 'modern comedy' which opened at Covent Garden in 1841 and was the hit of the season. This is the first fully-annotated edition of the play, and it includes an outline of the author's amazing career, an account of the play's composition, and a critical introduction. |
| Illustrations: |
illustrations, bibliography |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Methuen Drama |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |