From long-haired 'Fleshly Poets' to intense, 'ultra pre-Raphaelite' artists, few stylistic movements in the history of art and literature have provoked the imagination and indignation of British playwrights as much as the Aesthetic Movement.During an intense and short-lived period from 1877 to 1881, the London stage saw fierce competition as playwrights and theatre managers raced to capture the zeitgeist, capitalizing on the unorthodox, eccentric and highly theatri...

Contents ACCOMPANIED ON THE FLUTE F. Anstey THE TROUBLES OF A TRIPLET W. Beatty-Kingston SLIGHTLY DEAF Bracebridge Hemming THE LADY FREEMASON H. T. Craven WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT! F. B. Harrison THE FATAL LEGS Walter Browne THE CALIPH'S JESTER From the Arabic A JOURNEY IN SEARCH OF NOTHING Wilkie Collins GEMINI AND VIRGO C. S. Calverley KING BIBBS James...