Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama


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Reproduction of the original: Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama by E. Cobham Brewer




Australia’s Music: Themes of a New Society (2nd ed.)


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Described on its first publication in 1967 as “a scholarly account of Australian music that is also entertaining social history”, Roger Covell’s Austrlaia’s Music: Themes of a New Society has become a classic of Australian music history for its beautifully written explorations of almost two hundred years of music-making across classical, Indigenous and Anglo-Celtic traditions. This revised edition, including more than sixty musical examples, is supplemented by a new postscript written by the author.




Australian Plays for the Colonial Stage


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Contains the scripts of nine colonial plays, each script has been carefully edited or reconstructed from unique manuscripts or rare colonial printed editions.




A Lover by Proxy


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The Story of Pantomime


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Encyclopedia of Pantomime


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Adieu to the Village Delights


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"Oh, Yes it Is"!


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"Imagine Christmas without pantomime -- without the Ugly Sisters, Dick Whittington and his Cat, or Jack slaying the giant! They are as much a part of holiday tradition as the turkey, mince pies, the fairy on topthe Christmas tree, the holly and mistletoe. But how much do we know about this peculiarly British Institution. When did it start? And how did the characters and storylines assume the form we now regard as essential to the true nature of pantomime?