Trilbyana

Svengali and Trilby in the London theatrical production of 1895

Trilbyana or Trilby-Mania was the fashion for things based on the story Trilby by George du Maurier.[1] This was especially popular during the 1890s.[2] The works included burlesques, cartoons, movies, parodies, plays, sketches and tableaux.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Levin, Joanna (2009), Bohemia in America, 1858–1920, Stanford University Press, p. 193, ISBN 9780804772549
  2. ↑ Purcell, L. Edward (1977), "Trilby and Trilby-Mania, The Beginning of the Bestseller System", The Journal of Popular Culture, Volume XI (1): 62–76, doi:10.1111/j.0022-3840.1977.1101_62.x
  3. ↑ Askari, Kaveh (2014), "Trilbyana: Transformation and Absorption", Making Movies Into Art: Picture Craft from the Magic Lantern to Early Hollywood, Palgrave Macmillan, p. 52, ISBN 9781844576975
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