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Description:In 1885 Wilkie Collins presented Charles Dickens with his first original drama - 'The Lighthouse'. Set in the Eddystone Lighthouse in 1748, Collins created a tense, psychological drama employing elements of crime and the supernatural familiar to readers of Collins's fiction. Initially staged at Tavistock House, the role of the guilt-ridden old lighthouse keeper, Aaron Gurnock, provided Dickens with a vehicle for his extraordinary acting technique, accompanied by members of his family and friends from his literary and artistic circle.This is the first printed #English edition of 'The Lighthouse'. The current volume is published by the Wilkie Collins Society and transcribes the version licensed for the Olympic Theatre in 1857 which includes the 'Prologue' and the 'Song of the Wreck' contributed by Dickens. It also contains a foreword by noted crime writer P.D. James, and introduction providing a detailed account of the play's history, contemporary reviews and numerous, newly discovered illustrations.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Lighthouse: A Drama in Two Acts. To get started finding The Lighthouse: A Drama in Two Acts, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 96

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Release: 2013

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Description: In 1885 Wilkie Collins presented Charles Dickens with his first original drama - 'The Lighthouse'. Set in the Eddystone Lighthouse in 1748, Collins created a tense, psychological drama employing elements of crime and the supernatural familiar to readers of Collins's fiction. Initially staged at Tavistock House, the role of the guilt-ridden old lighthouse keeper, Aaron Gurnock, provided Dickens with a vehicle for his extraordinary acting technique, accompanied by members of his family and friends from his literary and artistic circle.This is the first printed #English edition of 'The Lighthouse'. The current volume is published by the Wilkie Collins Society and transcribes the version licensed for the Olympic Theatre in 1857 which includes the 'Prologue' and the 'Song of the Wreck' contributed by Dickens. It also contains a foreword by noted crime writer P.D. James, and introduction providing a detailed account of the play's history, contemporary reviews and numerous, newly discovered illustrations.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Lighthouse: A Drama in Two Acts. To get started finding The Lighthouse: A Drama in Two Acts, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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