How Long to Read 5 November 1866: The Story of Henry Irving and Dion Boucicault’s Hunted Down, or, The Two Lives of Mary Leigh

How Long Does it Take to Read 5 November 1866: The Story of Henry Irving and Dion Boucicault’s Hunted Down, or, The Two Lives of Mary Leigh?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 46 minutes to read 5 November 1866: The Story of Henry Irving and Dion Boucicault’s Hunted Down, or, The Two Lives of Mary Leigh by Maria Serena Marchesi

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Despite the awakening of critical interest in recent years, Victorian theatre before Wilde and Shaw is still a virtually undiscovered country. The world of Victorian theatres, with their complicated personal interconnections and astonishing feats of professionalism, and Victorian drama itself, often skillfully written and controversial, are worth investigating. Henry Irving, the icon and later the bogeyman of a whole theatrical era, has been the object of several scholarly works and essays, inevitably focusing on his Lyceum years. What was Irving before the Lyceum? Or, in other words, how did Irving become Irving? The present book reconstructs the event that made Irving famous overnight and, as it were, made the Lyceum years possible: the London première of Dion Boucicault’s Hunted Down, or, The Two Lives of Mary Leigh. It investigates the circumstances of the composition of the play and of its first London production, also presenting the first edition of the text of Boucicault’s play in 150 years. The reconstruction presents twenty-first-century readers with a strange world of irascible playwrights, all-powerful stage managers, long-forgotten Pre-Raphaelite beauties and humble theatre folk in which the young Irving moved, a world whose traces remained visible and whose influence remained palpable in the years of Irving’s later fame.

How long is 5 November 1866: The Story of Henry Irving and Dion Boucicault’s Hunted Down, or, The Two Lives of Mary Leigh?

5 November 1866: The Story of Henry Irving and Dion Boucicault’s Hunted Down, or, The Two Lives of Mary Leigh by Maria Serena Marchesi is 164 pages long, and a total of 41,656 words.

This makes it 55% the length of the average book. It also has 51% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read 5 November 1866: The Story of Henry Irving and Dion Boucicault’s Hunted Down, or, The Two Lives of Mary Leigh Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 47 minutes to read 5 November 1866: The Story of Henry Irving and Dion Boucicault’s Hunted Down, or, The Two Lives of Mary Leigh aloud.

What Reading Level is 5 November 1866: The Story of Henry Irving and Dion Boucicault’s Hunted Down, or, The Two Lives of Mary Leigh?

5 November 1866: The Story of Henry Irving and Dion Boucicault’s Hunted Down, or, The Two Lives of Mary Leigh is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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