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In this programme one of the most popular Victorian melodramas 'The Corsican Brothers', involving ghosts, flashbacks and duel scenes is recreated using an original Victorian toy theatre to demonstr...ate how music and drama combined to produce this important Victorian theatrical genre. The programme attempts to understand why melodrama was so popular and what kinds of audience were attracted to this type of entertainment.
In this programme one of the most popular Victorian melodramas 'The Corsican Brothers', involving ghosts, flashbacks and duel scenes is recreated using an original Victorian toy theatre to demonstr...ate how music and drama combined to produce this important Victorian theatrical genre. The programme attempts to understand why melodrama was so popular and what kinds of audience were attracted to this type of entertainment.
| Module code and title: | A102, An arts foundation course |
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| Item code: | A102; 20 |
| First transmission date: | 11-06-1987 |
| Published: | 1987 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:43 |
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| Producer: | Charles Cooper |
| Contributors: | Clive Barker; David Mayer; Colin Sorenson |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Corsican Brothers; Melodrama; Theatre; Toy theatre; Victorian Britain |
| Subject terms: | Drama--Great Britain--19th century; Melodrama, English; Music--Great Britain--19th century; Theatre--Production and direction--History; Theatre--Great Britain--History--19th century; Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870. Frères corses. English |
| Master spool number: | HOU5767 |
| Production number: | FOUA246P |
| Videofinder number: | 568 |
| Available to public: | no |
