by Kimberly Poppiti (Editor)
Equestrian Drama: An Anthology of Plays is a collection of four representative equestrian dramas.
It includes four annotated plays: Timour the Tartar by Matthew G. Lewis, The Battle of Waterloo by J. H. Amherst, Mazeppa by Henry M. Milner, and The Whip
by Henry Hamilton and Cecil Raleigh. An introduction precedes the
collection, providing the information necessary to understand and
contextualize the genre and the plays as both written and performance
texts, and within the time period of their original productions, as well
as within the larger histories of theatre and equestrian
entertainments. Additional related plays are identified, excerpted, and
explored, providing readers with a wide range of examples to better
understand the development and significance of this unique form of
popular theatre. Also identified and explored are significant
contributions made to stage technology and design by the patented stage
machinery designed for the production of the mechanized form of
equestrian drama, which became popular in the late nineteenth century.
Equestrian Drama
is suitable for undergraduate, graduate, and professional students in
theatre history, dramatic literature, performance studies, and equine
studies.
