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Languages : en
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Drury Lane Under Sheridan, 1776-1812
Author: Drury Lane Under Sheridan, 1776-1812
Author: Drury Lane Under Sheridan, 1776-1812
Author: Nineteenth Century Theatre
Author: Types of English Drama, 1660-1780
Author: David Harrison StevensPublisher:
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Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 938
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Carrying All Before Her
Author: Chelsea PhillipsPublisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 1644532484
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 305
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Carrying All Before Her recovers the stories of six eighteenth-century celebrity actresses who performed during pregnancy, melding public and private, persona and person, domestic and professional labor and helping to shape wider social, medical, and political conversations about gender, sexuality, pregnancy, and motherhood. Their stories deepen our understanding of celebrity, repertory, and theatre's connection to a wider social world, and challenge notions of women's agency and power in and beyond the professional theatre.
Shakespeare Basics for Grown-Ups
Author: E. FoleyPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 014751536X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 337
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An essential guide to Shakespeare, from the international bestselling authors of Homework for Grown-Ups The Bard was so incredibly prolific that even most Shakespeare scholars would welcome the occasional refresher course, and most of the rest of us haven’t even got a clue as to what a petard actually is. Fear not, the bestselling authors of Homework for Grown-Ups are here to help. For parents keen to help with their children’s homework, casual theatre-goers who want to enhance their enjoyment and understanding, and the general reader who feels they should probably know more, Shakespeare Basics for Grown-Ups includes information on the key works, historical context, contemporaries and influences, famous speeches and quotations, modern day adaptations, and much, much more.
Elia and The last essays of Elia
Author: Charles LambShakespeare for Grown-ups
Author: Elizabeth FoleyPublisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448182905
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 246
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'Rather jolly and very helpful’ The Times Need to swot up on your Shakespeare? The ultimate guide to the Bard, perfect for the Shakespeare aficionado and general reader alike. If you’ve always felt a bit embarrassed at your precarious grasp on the plot of Othello, or you haven’t a clue what a petard (as in ‘hoist with his own petard’) actually is, then fear not, because this, at last, is the perfect guide to the Bard. From the authors of the number-one bestselling Homework for Grown-ups, Shakespeare for Grown-ups is the essential book for anyone keen to deepen their knowledge of they plays and sonnets. For parents helping with their children’s homework, casual theatre-goers who want to enhance their enjoyment of the most popular plays and the general reader who feels they should probably know more about Britain’s most splendid scribe, Shakespeare for Grown-ups covers Shakespeare's time; his personal life; his language; his key themes; his less familiar works and characters; his most famous speeches and quotations; phrases and words that have entered general usage, and much more.
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