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The ''Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News'' was an English weekly magazine founded in 1874 and published in London. In 1945 it changed its name to the ''Sport and Country'', and in 1957 to the ''Farm and Country'', before closing in 1970. ==History== The ''Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News'' was founded in 1874.〔(The Dictionary of Nineteenth-Century Journalism Project ) at rs4vp.org, accessed 5 December 2008〕 The paper covered, as its title indicates, both sporting and theatrical events, including news and criticism. It also contained original pieces of fiction in serials and a story or two in each issue.〔Fotheringham, Richard, ''Sport in Australian Drama'', (Cambridge University Press, 1992, ISBN 0-521-40156-9, ISBN 978-0-521-40156-2) (page 48 ) online at books.google.com, accessed 5 December 2008〕〔"''Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News'' (1874), see Sport and Country", ''The Writers' and Artists' Year Book 1949'', (online at archive.org ), accessed 5 December 2008〕 There were numerous similar publications in Britain at the time, including ''The Illustrated London News'', which shared its address and some illustrators with the magazine.〔(Victorian Illustrated Newspapers and Journals: Select list ) at British Library web site, accessed 5 December 2008〕〔(Painting of Inveresk House, London ), originally from a supplement to the ''Illustrated London News'', 6 October 1928, The Book Estate, 2006〕 In 1883, the paper published a cartoon showing Oscar Wilde in convict dress, which was considered at the time to be a very serious slur.〔Pine, Richard, ''The Thief of Reason: Oscar Wilde and Modern Ireland'' (Gill & Macmillan, 1995), p. 322 ("As early as 1883 the ''Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News'' had cartooned Wilde in convict dress — a most serious imputation..."): see (online version ) at books.google.com (search function)〕 Twelve years later, Wilde was convicted of "gross indecency" and sentenced to two years penal labour.〔Hyde, H. Montgomery, ''The Love That Dared Not Speak Its Name'' (Boston: Little, Brown, 1970), p. 170〕 The paper is a good source of illustrations from sporting and theatre events, such as images of horse racing.〔Kuzmanovic, N. Natasha, ''John Paul Cooper'' (Sutton, 1999, ISBN 0-7509-2088-2, ISBN 978-0-7509-2088-9) p. 135〕 Notable illustrators included Louis Wain, Frank R. Grey, D. H. Friston, Alfred Concanen and Alfred Bryan. In 1920, its address was 172, Strand, London WC 2.〔McCourtie, William Bloss, ''Where and how to Sell Manuscripts: A Directory for Writers'' (Home Correspondence School, 1920) p. 463〕 Notable editors included James Wentworth Day, who served in the post between 1935 and 1937.〔"Day, James Wentworth", in ''Who Was Who'' (A & C Black, 1920–2008), (online edition ) (subscription required) by Oxford University Press, December 2007, accessed 5 December 2008〕 The magazine's published fiction included W. S. Gilbert's short piece, ''Actors, Authors and Audiences'' in 1880's ''Holly Leaves'', its annual Christmas special,〔Crowther, Andrew, ''("Gilbert's Non-Dramatic Works" ). The Gilbert and Sullivan Society, 3 January 2011〕 Bram Stoker's ''The Squaw'' (1893) and ''Crooken Sands'' (1894), Agatha Christie's story ''The Unbreakable Alibi'' in ''Holly Leaves'' of 1928, and her ''Sing a Song of Sixpence'' in the following year's ''Holly Leaves''. The Irish chess grand master George Alcock MacDonnell wrote a regular chess column under the name of ''Mars''.〔Winter, Edward, (Chess Notes Archive (15) ) chesshistory.com, accessed 5 December 2008〕 According to a ''Catalogue of Printed Books in the Library of the British Museum'', the British Library holds copies of the paper from 28 February 1874.〔''(Catalogue of Printed Books in the Library of the British Museum )'' (1905), p. 111 snippet online at books.google.com〕 The University of Wisconsin–Madison has all but three of the first twenty-five volumes in its English and Irish Periodicals collection.〔(English and Irish Periodicals Published 1800-1914 ) at library.wisc.edu, accessed 5 December 2008〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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