{"product_id":"9781780940120","title":"On Theatre","description":"Dickens’ burning passion for theater has often been overlooked by fans of his novels. A keen playwright and actor, he staged performances for which he oversaw every detail, and personally adapted many of his own fictional works. As a consummate self-publicist, he also undertook numerous stage tours and public readings of his own work. For Dickens, and for large swathes of Victorian society, theatre was a way of life and a hub of community: audience and performers would swell out onto the streets and into nearby drinking establishments after each show. Drawing on a variety of sources, both fictional and journalistic, this collection portrays a career’s worth of Dickens’ musings, critiques, and opinions on one of his most revered passions and pastimes—the theater.","brand":"Hesperus Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47139906027760,"sku":"9781780940120","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781780940120_p0.jpg?v=1769890709","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781780940120","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}