Author: Theatre Royal, Covent Garden (London, England)Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages :
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Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden, this Present Thursday, Feb. 10, 1825
Author: Theatre Royal, Covent Garden (London, England)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Covent Garden and the Royal Opera
Author: Richard NorthcottPublisher: London : Press Printers
ISBN:
Category : Opera
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Miss M. Tree's Night. Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden. This Present Wednesday, June 15, 1825, Will be Added the Comedy of A Roland for an Oliver ...
Author: Covent Garden TheatrePublisher:
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Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 1
Book Description
Catalogue of Autographs, Etc
Author: Dobell, P. J. & A. E., booksellers, LondonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 814
Book Description
Autograph Prices Current ...
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Autographs
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Being a complete alphabetical and chronological record of all autograph letters, documents & manuscripts, sold by auction in London, with the date and place of sale, name of purchaser, and price of each lot, together with a comprehensive reference index.
The Spectator
Author: Publisher:
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1290
Book Description
A weekly review of politics, literature, theology, and art.
Ira Aldridge
Author: Bernth LindforsPublisher: University Rochester Press
ISBN: 1580463819
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
The first widely available biography of this important black Victorian-age actor, Ira Aldridge: The Early Years, 1807-1833 details the early life and career of this New York-born thespian as he began to act on the British stage. Ira Aldridge: The Early Years, 1807-1833 chronicles the rise of one of the modern world's first black classical actors, as he ascended from an impoverished childhood in New York City to a career as a celebrated thespian onthe British stage. After a successful debut in London in 1825, Aldridge began touring the British provinces, billing himself grandiloquently as the "African Roscius," and attracting crowds with his powerful presence and style. He received accolades not only as a tragedian in classic roles such as Othello and Oroonoko but also as a comic actor in popular farces and musicals. In 1833, when a bill to abolish slavery was being debated in Parliament, he was called back to London to perform at one of the city's most prestigious theaters, where his appearance, now under his own name but also billed as "a native of Senegal," created a great deal of controversy. In dealing with Aldridge's emergence as a professional actor in the United Kingdom, Lindfors here records in detail the ups and downs of his itinerant existence in a world where no theatergoer had ever seen anyone like him on stage before. Aldridgewas genuinely a unique phenomenon in Britain at a pivotal point in history. Bernth Lindfors is Professor Emeritus of English and African Literatures, University of Texas at Austin, and editor of Ira Aldridge: The African Roscius (University of Rochester Press, 2007).
The Literary Chronicle for the Year ...
Author: A Million of Facts, of Correct Data, and Elementary Constants in the Entire Circle of the Sciences and on All Subjects of Speculation and Practice
Author: Sir Richard PhillipsPublisher:
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Category : Ready reference
Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
Harlequin Empire
Author: David WorrallPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317315499
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Under the 1737 Licensing Act, Covent Garden, Dury Lane and regional Theatres Royal held a monopoly on the dramatic canon. This work explores the presentation of foreign cultures and ethnicities on the popular British stage from 1750 to 1840. It argues that this illegitimate stage was the site for a plebeian Enlightenment.