Plays
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Plays
（British and American playwrights, 1750-1920）
Cambridge University Press, 1982
- : pbk
- Other Title
-
Plays by Henry Arthur Jones
Available at / 22 libraries
-
No Libraries matched.
- Remove all filters.
Note
Biographical record: p. 29-33
"The plays of Henry Arthur Jones": p. 225-226
Bibliography: p. 227-228
Contents of Works
- The silver king
- The case of rebellious Susan
- The liars
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Henry Arthur Jones was among the most prominent British dramatists of his day. A contemporary of Pinero, Wilde and Shaw, he did his best to elevate drama to the level of literature whilst constructing plays that were also successful in the commercial theatre. Though some of his contemporaries considered him cynical and daring, he strove to confront major issues without offending accepted social and dramatic conventions. This volume contains three of Jones's ninety-odd plays, representing the best of his work in different styles: melodrama and society drama. The Silver King (1882), the story of a man, falsely accused of murder, was Jones's first great success. It is one of the best melodramas ever written, and won high praise from Matthew Arnold for its literary merit and convincing characterisation. Jones's interest in the 'New Woman' of the 1890s is expressed in the lively dialogue of The Case of Rebellious Susan (1894), whose heroine is advised to renounce her new lover and return to her faithless husband - scarely a radical conclusion, but sympathetically handled. The Liars (1897) is a fine comedy of manners which again considers the question of marriage and the role of women in society. Dr Jackson's full introduction places Jones in the context of late Victorian society and theatre and describes his other literary activities - the published letters and essays on drama - as well as discussing some of the plays not included here. The volume is illustrated by contemporary production prints.
Table of Contents
- List of illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Biographical records
- Note on the texts
- The Silver King
- The Case of Rebellious Susan
- The Liars
- Appendix
- The plays of Henry Arthur Jones
- Bibliography.
by "Nielsen BookData"
