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082			_a822.009 _bNIH
100	1		_aNicoll, Allardyce. _9215295
245	1	2	_aA history of English drama 1660-1900 _b: early nineteenth century drama _cAllardyce Nicoll.
250			_a2nd ed.
260			_aLondon: _bCambridge University Press, _c1976.
300			_a668p. _b Vol. IV
490	1		_aA history of English drama
500			_aHB
520			_aAllardyce Nicoll's History of English Drama, 1660-1900 was an immense scholarly achievement and the work of one man. Nicoll's History, which tells the story of English drama from the reopening of the theatres at the time of the Restoration right through to the end of the Victorian period, was viewed by Notes and Queries (1952) as 'a great work of exploration, a detailed guide to the untrodden acres of our dramatic history, hitherto largely ignored as barren and devoid of interest'. The History is reissued in seven paperback volumes, available separately and as a set. In volumes 1-5 Nicoll describes the conditions of the stage, actors and managers as well as dramatic genres. The sixth and seventh volumes offer a comprehensive list of all the plays known to have been produced or printed in England between 1660 and 1930, with their authors and alternative titles; it has thus independent value as well as providing an index to the earlier volumes.
546			_aEng
650		4	_aDrama / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. _9215296
650		4	_aLiterary Criticism. _9215297
942			_cBK
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