Graduating from St Anne's Oxford in 1969, Jacky Bratton became a member of the English Department at Bedford College London and later Head of Drama at Royal Holloway. She works on the performance cultures of 19th-century Britain, specialising in the popular, the demotic and the hidden or disregarded work of women. In this century she has been engaged with performance and other unorthodox ways of publishing research, and with the possibilities and challenges of internet research. She lives in Sussex with her partner Gilli Bush-Bailey and, of course, a cat.

• W. T. Moncrieff, Sam Weller, or the Pickwickians, New Strand Theatre, June 1837 Edward Stirling, Nicholas Nickleby, Adelphi, November 1838 Edward Stirling, Barnaby Rudge, New Strand Theatre, August 1841 Charles Webb, Old Scrooge, Sadler's Wells and New Strand Theatre, February 1844 Edward Stirling, Martin Chuzzlewit, Lyceum, July 1844 Gilbert Abbott A'Beckett and Mark Lemon, The Chimes, Adelphi, December 1844 Albert Smith, The Cricket on the Hearth, Lyceum, December 1845 Albert Smith, The Battle of Life, Lyceum Theatre, December 1846 Mark Lemon, The Haunted Man, Adelphi, December 1848

Together the two volumes provide access to many valuable sources for Dickensian research. The set will interest both literary scholars and stage historians. ... Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals.

Graduating from St Anne's Oxford in 1969, Jacky Bratton became a member of the English Department at Bedford College London and later Head of Drama at Royal Holloway. She works on the performance cultures of 19th-century Britain, specialising in the popular, the demotic and the hidden or disregarded work of women. In this century she has been engaged with performance and other unorthodox ways of publishing research, and with the possibilities and challenges of internet research. She lives in Sussex with her partner Gilli Bush-Bailey and, of course, a cat.

• W. T. Moncrieff, Sam Weller, or the Pickwickians, New Strand Theatre, June 1837 Edward Stirling, Nicholas Nickleby, Adelphi, November 1838 Edward Stirling, Barnaby Rudge, New Strand Theatre, August 1841 Charles Webb, Old Scrooge, Sadler's Wells and New Strand Theatre, February 1844 Edward Stirling, Martin Chuzzlewit, Lyceum, July 1844 Gilbert Abbott A'Beckett and Mark Lemon, The Chimes, Adelphi, December 1844 Albert Smith, The Cricket on the Hearth, Lyceum, December 1845 Albert Smith, The Battle of Life, Lyceum Theatre, December 1846 Mark Lemon, The Haunted Man, Adelphi, December 1848

Together the two volumes provide access to many valuable sources for Dickensian research. The set will interest both literary scholars and stage historians. ... Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals.

Graduating from St Anne's Oxford in 1969, Jacky Bratton became a member of the English Department at Bedford College London and later Head of Drama at Royal Holloway. She works on the performance cultures of 19th-century Britain, specialising in the popular, the demotic and the hidden or disregarded work of women. In this century she has been engaged with performance and other unorthodox ways of publishing research, and with the possibilities and challenges of internet research. She lives in Sussex with her partner Gilli Bush-Bailey and, of course, a cat.

• W. T. Moncrieff, Sam Weller, or the Pickwickians, New Strand Theatre, June 1837 Edward Stirling, Nicholas Nickleby, Adelphi, November 1838 Edward Stirling, Barnaby Rudge, New Strand Theatre, August 1841 Charles Webb, Old Scrooge, Sadler's Wells and New Strand Theatre, February 1844 Edward Stirling, Martin Chuzzlewit, Lyceum, July 1844 Gilbert Abbott A'Beckett and Mark Lemon, The Chimes, Adelphi, December 1844 Albert Smith, The Cricket on the Hearth, Lyceum, December 1845 Albert Smith, The Battle of Life, Lyceum Theatre, December 1846 Mark Lemon, The Haunted Man, Adelphi, December 1848

Together the two volumes provide access to many valuable sources for Dickensian research. The set will interest both literary scholars and stage historians. ... Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals.