George Rowell (historian)
George Rowell (1923 – 1 November 2001) was a British theatre historian, lecturer and authority on the 19th century. His specialisms included Victorian melodrama and the theatre of Henry Irving, W. S. Gilbert, Oscar Wilde and Arthur Wing Pinero.
Biography
Rowell lectured in
squash court.[2] In keeping with this ethos, Brandt did some acting and directed several television, radio and film as well as stage, productions; Rowell, in collaboration with Kenneth Mobbs of Bristol Opera House, adapted and revised W. S. Gilbert's farce Engaged (1877), converting it into a comic opera in 1962. The department can also lay claim to a piece of theatrical history; they hosted the premiere of Harold Pinter's first play, The Room
, in May 1957, performed in that former squash court of a theatre, The Drama Studio.
During his time at Bristol, Rowell became a world expert on Victorian theatre, in the process building up a personal collection on the subject (now part of the University's Theatre Collection, as well as the
Old Vic, London's last remaining Georgian
theatre.
George Rowell died on 1 November 2001, leaving a widow, Nancy, who died in December 2004.
Works
- Rowell, G. (1953) Nineteenth Century Plays. Oxford: The World's Classics.
- Rowell, G. (1956) The Victorian Theatre 1792-1914: A Survey. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Rowell, G. & Mobbs, K. (1962) Engaged! or Cheviot's Choice. A comic opera in three acts. Written by W. S. Gilbert. Chappell & Co.
- Rowell, G. (ed.) (1968) Late Victorian plays, 1890-1914 (World's Classics). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Rowell, G. (ed.) (1971) Victorian Dramatic Criticism. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd.
- Rowell, G. (ed.) (1972) Nineteenth Century Plays. 2nd edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Rowell, G. (1978) Queen Victoria goes to the Theatre. Elek Books Ltd.
- Rowell, G. & Jackson, A. (1984) The Repertory Movement: A History of Regional Theatre in Britain. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Rowell, G. (1982) Theatre in the Age of Irving (Drama and Theatre Studies). Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Inc.
- Rowell, G. (ed.) (1982) Plays by W. S. Gilbert: The Palace of the Truth, Sweethearts, Princess Toto, Engaged, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (British and American Playwrights). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Rowell, G. (ed.) (1986) Plays by A. W. Pinero: The Schoolmistress, The Second Mrs Tanqueray, Trelawny of the 'Wells', The Thunderbolt (British and American Playwrights). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Rowell, G. (1987) William Terriss and Richard Prince: Two Characters in an Adelphi Melodrama. Society for Theatre Research.
- Rowell, G. (1989) 'The Drama of Wilde and Pinero' in Ford, B. (ed.) The Later Victorian Age. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Rowell, G. (1993) The Old Vic Theatre: A History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
References
- ^ Martin White, The Independent: [1][dead link]
- ^ University of Bristol: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2007/5674.html
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