Author: Cecil John Layton PricePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Sheridan and the Drury Lane Theatre, 1801-1809
Author: Cecil John Layton PricePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Sheridan's Deed of Trust for Drury Lane Theatre, 1802
Author: Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Nineteenth Century Theatre Research
Author: Sheridan Studies
Author: James MorwoodPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521464666
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
This book is a systematic attempt to establish Sheridan as a major figure in the history of English comedy. Leading scholars address Sheridan's role not only as an outstanding playwright, but also as the manager of Drury Lane Theatre, and his subsequent career as a Member of Parliament. The essays examine the theatrical world in which Sheridan worked, discuss his major plays, and include a modern director's observations on the production of his work today. This is combined with an important re-evaluation of Sheridan's achievements as a master of rhetoric in the political arena, to provide a much needed contemporary assessment of this multifaceted man and his work.
The Rise of Melodrama and the Schematization of Women in England, 1760-1840
Author: Andrew David MendelsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 1010
Book Description
A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers & Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800
Author: Philip H. HighfillPublisher: SIU Press
ISBN: 9780809315253
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Like the works already published, these latest volumes of the Biographical Dictionary deal with theatre people of every ilk, ranging from dressers and one-performance actors to trumpeter John Shore (inventor of the tuning fork) and the incomparable Sarah Siddons. Also prominent is Susanna Rowson, a novelist, actress, and early female playwright. Although born into a British military family, Rowson often wrote plays that dealt with patriotic American themes and spent much of her career on the American stage. The theatrical jewel of these volumes is the "divine Sarah" Siddons: "She raised the tragedy to the skies," wrote William Hazlitt, and "embodied to our imagination the fables of mythology, of the heroic and dignified mortals of elder time." She endured much tragedy herself, including a crippling debilitating illness and the deaths of five of her seven children. Siddons played major roles in both comedy and tragedy, not the least of which was a performance as Hamlet.
Theatre/drama Abstracts
Author: London
Author: George Hamilton CunninghamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : London (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 922
Book Description
Drury Lane Under Sheridan
Author: Sex, Money and Personal Character in Eighteenth-Century British Politics
Author: Marilyn MorrisPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300210477
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
How, and why, did the Anglo-American world become so obsessed with the private lives and public character of its political leaders? Marilyn Morris finds answers in eighteenth-century Britain, when a long tradition of court intrigue and gossip spread into a much broader and more public political arena with the growth of political parties, extra-parliamentary political activities, and a partisan print culture. The public’s preoccupation with the personal character of the ruling elite paralleled a growing interest in the interior lives of individuals in histories, novels, and the theater. Newspaper reports of the royal family intensified in intimacy and its members became moral exemplars—most often, paradoxically, when they misbehaved. Ad hominem attacks on political leaders became commonplace; politicians of all affiliations continued to assess one another’s characters based on their success and daring with women and money. And newly popular human-interest journalism promoted the illusion that the personal characters of public figures could be read by appearances.