Pixérécourt: Four Melodramas - by René-Charles Guilbert de Pixérécourt (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Pixérécourt determined the structure of a popular theatre, which was to last through the 19th century.--Hannah Winter, The Theatre of Marvels<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>This volume contains four of Pixérécourt's most important melodramas: <i>The Ruins of Babylon, or Jafar and Zaida</i>; <i>The Dog of Montargis, or The Forest of Bondy;</p> <i>Christopher Columbus, or the Discovery of the New World</i>; and <i>Alice, or The Scottish Gravediggers</i>. Also included is Charles Nodier 's introduction to the 1843 Collected Edition of Pixérécourt's plays and two theoretical essays by the playwright, "Melodrama," and "Final Reflections on Melodrama."</p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Lucille Lortel Distinguished Professor of Theatre and Comparative Literature at the Graduate Center, City University of New York; Executive Director, Martin E. Segal Theatre Center; editor, Slavic and East European Performance; editor, Routledge Harwood Polish and East European Theatre Archive; author of Witkacy, Guillotine: Its Legend and Lore, Theatre/Theory/Theatre, and translations of Polish and Russian drama.
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