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Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
The Spouter's Companion
Author: The Spouter's Companion; Or, Theatrical Remembrancer, Containing a Select Collection of the Most Esteemed Prologues and Epilogues ... To which is Added, The Spouter's Medley
Author: Acting Theory and the English Stage, 1700-1830 Volume 3
Author: Lisa ZunshinePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351577638
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
During the eighteenth century, treatises on the science of elocution, gesture and naturalness abounded. This title draws together a representative selection of the most difficult-to-access texts in the period. It helps cultural historians to examine the place of stagecraft in the eighteenth-century imagination.
Shakespeare and Amateur Performance
Author: Michael DobsonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139496816
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
From the Hamlet acted on a galleon off Africa to the countless outdoor productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream that now defy each English summer, Shakespeare and Amateur Performance explores the unsung achievements of those outside the theatrical profession who have been determined to do Shakespeare themselves. Based on extensive research in previously unexplored archives, this generously illustrated and lively work of theatre history enriches our understanding of how and why Shakespeare's plays have mattered to generations of rude mechanicals and aristocratic dilettantes alike: from the days of the Theatres Royal to those of the Little Theatre Movement, from the pioneering Winter's Tale performed in eighteenth-century Salisbury to the Merchant of Venice performed by Allied prisoners for their Nazi captors, and from the how-to book which transforms Mercutio into Yankee Doodle to the Napoleonic counterspy who used Richard III as a tool of surveillance.
Shakespeare's Accents
Author: Sonia MassaiPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108429629
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
A history of the reception of Shakespeare on the English stage focusing on the vocal dimensions of theatrical performance.
The Social Life of Books
Author: Abigail WilliamsPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300228104
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
“A lively survey…her research and insights make us conscious of how we, today, use books.”—John Sutherland, The New York Times Book Review Two centuries before the advent of radio, television, and motion pictures, books were a cherished form of popular entertainment and an integral component of domestic social life. In this fascinating and vivid history, Abigail Williams explores the ways in which shared reading shaped the lives and literary culture of the eighteenth century, offering new perspectives on how books have been used by their readers, and the part they have played in middle-class homes and families. Drawing on marginalia, letters and diaries, library catalogues, elocution manuals, subscription lists, and more, Williams offers fresh and fascinating insights into reading, performance, and the history of middle-class home life. “Williams’s charming pageant of anecdotes…conjures a world strikingly different from our own but surprisingly similar in many ways, a time when reading was on the rise and whole worlds sprang up around it.”—TheWashington Post
The Sentimental Spouter: Or, Young Actor's Companion: Containing I. A Treatise on Oratory in General, and Theatrical Acquirements in Particular. ... II. A Collection of the Most Celebrated Scenes, Speeches, and Soliloquies, Selected from the Most Admired Tragedies and Comedies, Etc
Author: The Young Spouter, Being a New Collection of Prologues and Epilogues
Author: The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Each number includes a classified "Monthly catalogue."
The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature
Author: Tobias SmollettPublisher:
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 496
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