In Backstage in the Novel, Francesca Saggini traces the unique interplay between fiction and theater in the eighteenth century through an examination of the wor

Greasepaint Puritan details the life and work of Bradford Ropes, author of the bawdy 1932 novel 42nd Street, on which the classic film and its stage adaptation

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Since long before the age of celebrity activism, literary authors have used their public profiles and cultural capital to draw attention to a wide range of soci

Contains over 600 entries describing novels that have theatrical settings or in which characters work in the theatre.