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Stage Blood Vampires of the Nineteenth-Century Stage Roxana Stuart Popular Press The vampire originally took on its characteristics in the public imagination from a series of plays written and performed by some of the most important figures in nineteenth-century theater. This work is the first major study devoted to the vampire on stage; the author discusses the figure that preceded Dracula—Lord Ruthven—the subject of more than forty English, French, and American plays. The principal works are melodramas, but the vampire theme was also treated in tragedy, opera, ballet, burlesque, farce, burletta, and satire. Media & bookseller inquiries regarding review copies, events, and interviews can be directed to the publicity department at publicity@uwpress.wisc.edu or (608) 263-0734. (If you want to examine a book for possible course use, please see our Course Books page. If you want to examine a book for possible rights licensing, please see Rights & Permissions.)

Published 1994 LC: 94-072404 PN 386 pp.   6 x 9 23 b/w illus., 14 b/w photos Paper $22.95 t ISBN 978-0-87972-660-7 The cloth edition, ISBN-13: 978-0-87972-659-1 Cloth $49.95 t, is currently unavailable. Add titles to your shopping cart by clicking on the "Add this book to cart" link above. You can submit your order electronically, paying for it with your credit card. Click here for more info about the shopping cart. Never ordered from us before? Read this first.

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