"An informative and scholarly survey by Donald Mullin, Victorian Actors and Actresses in Review, compiles extensive critical assessments by contemporary reviewers of some 250 British and American players who performed between 1837 and 1901." Backstage

This work provides a ready reference to significant productions of plays on the London stage during the period 1837 through 1901 and includes extensive information concerning both plays and players. The compiler's introduction offers a fascinating overview of the cultural and social attitudes toward theatre in the Victorian Era, and the ways in which theatre reflected societal changes, class differences, and the tastes and interests of the theatre-going public. This single-volume reference offers a wealth of previously unobtainable factual information and an opportunity for broader study of a large array of theatrical personalities.

This book focuses on the creative use of chemistry in the fabrication of a variety of oxide and non-oxide materials which are likely to play a crucial role in the development of the next generation of microelectronics devices. It includes inorganic precursor chemistry, gas-phase and solid-state chemistry, materials science, chemical physics and chemical engineering. Highlights include the deposition of high-k dielectric gate oxides, ferroelectric oxide films for infrared and memory applications, low-k dielectrics, TiN and TaN diffusion barriers, and fresh precursors for III-V nitrides. The emphasis is on chemical methods for the controlled deposition of thin films, for which chemical vapor deposition (CVD) has proven to be a useful and versatile technique. Of particular interest is the use of liquid-injection MOCVD for the deposition of oxide multilayers and superlattices. Solution deposition techniques such as sol-gel, metalorganic decomposition (MOD), hydrothermal processing are also prominently featured. Topics include: CVD of oxide ceramics; CVD of nonoxide ceramics; solution deposition of electronic ceramics; alternative chemical processing methods and characterization of electronic ceramics..