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

Mattacks, Kate

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.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Dec 1, 2009
• Journal: Nineteenth Century Theatre and Film
• Print ISSN: 1748-3727
• Electronic ISSN: 2048-2906
• 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• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed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