Bancrofts at the Prince of Wales’s Theatre, The, 1865-1880

Synopsis: Chiefly associated with the mild domestic realism of Tom Robertson’s comedies, Marie Wilton and Squire Bancroft with their distinctive brand of ‘wholesome fare’ attracted middle-class audiences, first to the tiny Prince of Wales’s theatre and then to the more grandiose Haymarket, between 1965 and 1880. The monograph demonstrates that though the Bancrofts advanced no doctrinaire programme of reform, relying in large mesure on theatrical instinct and opportunism, they contributed in countless ways, both managerial and artistic, to that revolution in social and cultural significance achieved by the London stage in the latter years of Victoria’s reign.
Series: Theatre in Focus, Series
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Multimedia; 50 slides. b&w & col.
Year of production: 1994
Availability: Sale
Documentation: Accompanying 152-page book by William Tydeman.
Subjects: Drama
Keywords: theatre history

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