Marvin Lachman: The Villainous Stage

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Beschreibung

Live theatre was once the main entertainment medium in the United States and the United Kingdom. The preeminent dramatists and actors of the day wrote and performed in numerous plays in which crime was a major plot element. This remains true today, especially with the longest-running shows such as The Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables and Sweeney Todd.
While hundreds of books have been published about crime fiction in film and on television, the topic of stage mysteries has been largely unexplored. Covering productions from the 18th century to the 2013-2014 theatre season, this is the first history of crime plays according to subject matter. More than 20 categories are identified, including whodunits, comic mysteries, courtroom dramas, musicals, crook plays, social issues, Sherlock Holmes, and Agatha Christie. Nearly 900 plays are described, including the reactions of critics and audiences.

Über den Autor

Marvin Lachman has won the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Award and the World Mystery Convention's Anthony Award for his writing about the mystery. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

1.¿Early Days

2.¿Adaptations and Sensation

3.¿History and Mystery on Stage

4.¿Sherlock Holmes: Baker Street on Stage

5.¿Series Detectives and Rogues

6.¿Agatha Christie, Playwright

7.¿Crook Plays

8.¿The Theatre of the Mind

9.¿Trial and Error: Courtrooms on Stage

10.¿The Stage Side of the Triangle

11.¿The Spy Who Came Onto the Stage

12.¿A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Theatre

13.¿Spoofing the Mystery

14.¿Social Studies I: Race, Ethnicity, and Religion

15.¿Social Studies II: Criminal Justice

16.¿Whodunits

17.¿Just in Crime: The Musical

Chapter Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

Details

Empfohlen (von):	18
Erscheinungsjahr:	2014
Genre:	Importe , Kunst
Rubrik:	Kunst & Musik
Thema:	Theater & Film
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780786495344
ISBN-10:	0786495340
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Lachman, Marvin
Hersteller:	McFarland
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 16 mm
Von/Mit:	Marvin Lachman
Erscheinungsdatum:	31.10.2014
Gewicht:	0,434 kg