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'A woyage o' diskivery': Thomas J. Williams' The Peep-Show Man (1868) and the victorian performative text

Mattacks, Kate

Authors

Kate Mattacks



Abstract

This article focuses upon the variant manuscripts of a play concerning a travelling peep-show man. The evidence reveals that like the hero, the text travels widely and undergoes significant textual changes according to the medium in which it appears.

Citation

Mattacks, K. (2009). 'A woyage o' diskivery': Thomas J. Williams' The Peep-Show Man (1868) and the victorian performative text. Nineteenth Century Theatre and Film, 36(2), 53-62

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Dec 1, 2009
Journal Nineteenth Century Theatre and Film
Print ISSN 1748-3727
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Not Peer Reviewed
Volume 36
Issue 2
Pages 53-62
Keywords editions, manuscripts, performance, Victorian
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/990112
Publisher URL http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/manup/nttf/2009/00000036/00000002/art00005


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