From Bow Street to the Ritz: |
 Published - 1 September 2015 Softbound: 15.6 x 23.4 cm., 176 pp. 16 black and white illustrations and 4 colour plates ISBN £12.50 / $20.00 To purchase please click here |
From Bow Street to the Ritz: Oscar Wilde’s Theatrical Career from 1895 to 1908 by Michael Seeney Most studies of Wilde have assumed that because his plays left the West End for a time after his imprisonment, his work was not seen on stage until the new century. But all through his time in prison and after the theatres of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland saw all four of the comedies on a regular basis. Using contemporary newspaper and other reports this study brings together a wealth of material on the many tours as well as providing useful background on the state of provincial theatres and touring companies at the turn of the century - an area that has long been neglected. The period covered is from Wilde’s arrest to the Robert Ross dinner at the Ritz in 1908, by which time Wilde’s copyrights had been secured and theatre managers no longer worried about publicising his name. A separate chapter deals with the extensive tours of Wilde plays in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India and China during the same period. |
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