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London Assurance
Dion Boucicault
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Description for London Assurance
Paperback. An English comedy of manners that borrows from Sheridan and anticipates Oscar Wilde as the amorous and ancient Sir Harcourt Courtly prepares to wed an heiress half his age whom he has never met. Series: Drama Classics S. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 115 x 11. Weight in Grams: 106.
Written in 30 days flat, and staged at Covent Garden in 1841 when the author was only twenty-one, London Assurance is regularly rediscovered for the small comedic masterpiece it is. Published to accompany a new production on the biggest of the National Theatre stages in March 2010, starring Simon Russell Beale, this Drama Classics edition includes a full introduction, a stage history, a chronology and a glossary.
Written in 30 days flat, and staged at Covent Garden in 1841 when the author was only twenty-one, London Assurance is regularly rediscovered for the small comedic masterpiece it is. Published to accompany a new production on the biggest of the National Theatre stages in March 2010, starring Simon Russell Beale, this Drama Classics edition includes a full introduction, a stage history, a chronology and a glossary.
Product Details
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
Drama Classics
Condition
New
Weight
106g
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848420861
SKU
V9781848420861
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Ref
99-50
About Dion Boucicault
DION BOUCICAULT (Boo-si-co) was born in Dublin in 1820 and died in New York in 1890 having written some hundred and fifty plays in almost every genre, but mostly comedies and melodramas. Only a few titles are still known, among them The Shaughraun (1874) and The Colleen Bawn (1860), both successfully revived at the National Theatre
Reviews for London Assurance
wonderfully outrageous... bursting with elegant, biting but warm-hearted wit and revelling in its own mastery of theatrical skill... a comic masterpiece -Sunday Times wonderfully outrageous... bursting with elegant, biting but warm-hearted wit and revelling in its own mastery of theatrical skill... a comic masterpiece Sunday Times