Table of Contents

Preface; 1. The advent of the modern theatre: Introduction; 2. The theatrical world; 3. The drama: influences, patterns and forms; 4. Popular entertainment: musicals, revues and melodramas; 5. The minority drama; 6. The 'general' drama; Hand-list of plays, 1900–1930; Index.

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Nicoll's History 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.