{"product_id":"plays-by-james-robinson-planche-the-vampire-the-garrick-fever-beauty-and-the-beast-foutunio-and-his-seven-gifted-servants-the-golden-fleece-the-9780521284417","title":"Plays by James Robinson Planche: The Vampire, the Garrick Fever, Beauty and the Beast, Foutunio and His Seven Gifted Servants, the Golden Fleece, the","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): J. R. Planche | Donald Roy | Martin Banham\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Robinson Planché was one of the most prolific and successful of nineteenth-century playwrights. In a career spanning fifty years he wrote over one hundred and eighty pieces of all types, from pantomime and farce to melodrama and opera, for production at a wide range of London theatres. This book offers a representative selection of his most popular plays. It includes one melodrama - The Vampire; or The Bride of the Isles (1820), which represents the first treatment of the vampire theme on the English stage; one farce - The Garrick Fever (1839); three 'fairy' extravaganzas - Beauty and the Beast (1841), Fortunio and his Seven Gifted Servants (1843), and The Discreet Princess; or, The Three Glass Distaffs (1855); one 'classical' extravaganza - The Golden Fleece; or, Jason in Colchis and Medea in Corinth (1845); and one revue of events in contemporary London - The Camp at the Olympic (1853). The volume includes a lengthy introduction which sets the plays in the theatrical context of their time, a chronological record of Planché's life, a complete list of his plays, and a bibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47615284641943,"sku":"9780521284417","price":3720.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780521284417.webp?v=1775099561","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/plays-by-james-robinson-planche-the-vampire-the-garrick-fever-beauty-and-the-beast-foutunio-and-his-seven-gifted-servants-the-golden-fleece-the-9780521284417","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}