Provider: World Shakespeare Bibliography https://www.worldshakesbib.org Database: WSB Content: text/plain; charset="utf-8" TY - JOUR VL - 76 IS - 1 T2 - Theatre Notebook SP - 26-40 ID - bbbl2630 T1 - "A Hundred Years of the Funeral Procession and Dirge in Romeo and Juliet" AU - Baldwin, Olive AU - Wilson, Thelma PY - 2022 DA - 2026 LA - English AB - Traces history of performance of Romeo and Juliet's funeral procession from its initial appearance in John Rich's Covent Garden production of 1750 to its general disappearance around 1850, with only few later exceptions. Offers reasons for scene's inclusion, evolution and eventual disappearance in second half of nineteenth century.  ER -