The Old Vic story : a nation's theatre, 1818-1976 / Peter Roberts

London : Allen, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper (price-clipped), now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; x, 203 pages, 12 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (page 193) and index. Contents; The beginnings -- The great melodrama show -- Nineteenth-century Shakespeare -- The aunt, the niece and the hall -- Operatic foundations -- Birth of ballet -- Sense of direction -- Some actors -- Some actresses. Subjects; Old Vic Theatre (London, England). London Old Vic. Old Vic Theatre. Old Vic History. Old Vic Theatre (London, England) History. Old Vic (Theatre)) History. Old Vic Theatre Company (London) History. Theater England London History 19th century. Theater England London History 20th century. Theatre England London. Theatre Great Britain. Old Vic Theatre London, England. Theatre. Theatre management. Theatres. Theatrical performances. Actors. Theatres London Lambeth (London Borough). Old Vic, to 1976. London Lambeth (London Borough) Theatres Old Vic (Theatre), to 1976. Theatres - England - History. Old Vic Theatre. London - Theatres. Genres; Bibliography. Illustrated.