From"breeches roles"
to impresario
MADAME
'.
VESTRISAND
THE LONDON STAGE
Wllliam·W. Appleton.
From the days of the Regency to the
Victorian age Madame Vestris was a favorite of London
audiences, equally at home in opera, spectaculars, and legitimate
comedy. But more importantly, she brought lasting reforms
to the English theatre-as direct6r of the Olympic, the Lyceum,
and Covent Garden. Against the colorful background of
19th-century London, Professor Appleton portrays this extraor–
dinary woman from her turbulent early years to her tragic end .
Illustrated. $9.95
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS
New York, New York 10025
