1989

The Thrie Estaitis

Introduction   Roderick Lyall The Present Edition Appendix: Proclamatioun maid in Cowpar of Fyffe Commentary   Roderick Lyall

Jarry: The Ubu Plays

Alfred Jarry: Biographical Note Introduction   Simon Watson Taylor Writings on the Theatre by Jarry

Henry V

Introduction Screenplay of Henry V

Anniversary Round

Written for Sing for Pleasure’s twenty-fifth anniversary concert in Huddersfield Town Hall on 15th October 1989

The Cambridge Cultural History: Volume 8, Early Twentieth-Century Britain

Part I: The Cultural and Social Setting The Edwardian Age and the Inter-War Years  Wilfrid Mellers and Rupert Hildyard[rtoc] The Edwardian years The First World War The inter-war years[/rtoc] Part II: Studies in the Individual Arts Literature and Drama  Jacques Berthoud[rtoc] Henry James and Arnold Bennett Joseph Conrad The novel of the condition of England …

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The Cambridge Cultural History: Volume 7, Victorian Britain

Part I: The Social and Cultural Setting The Later Victorian Age  Asa Briggs[rtoc] The reign in review Vantage points The three parts of the reign Late-Victorian Victorian critics of Victorianism Changing assessments Tendencies and trends The sense of change The growth of population and wealth Cities and countryside The provinces London Communications Political change Cultural …

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The Cambridge Cultural History: Volume 6, The Romantic Age in Britain

Part I: The Cultural and Social Setting Romantics to Early Victorians  David Punter[rtoc] Global and imperial influences European influences Context for the arts: patronage and the market Print and the development of literacy The Romantic experience Heroes and hero-worship Countryside: escape and preservation Rediscovery and the remaking of history Impact of scientific and technological development …

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