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Category : Commerce
Languages : en
Pages : 786
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Michigan Manufacturer and Financial Record
Author: David Garrick, Director
Author: Kalman A. BurnimPublisher: SIU Press
ISBN: 9780809306251
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
The life of this actor, manager, playwright, and eighteenth-century gentleman is here refracted through the volurninous correspondence and analyses of roles, plays, and performances in this, no doubt final, biography of David Garrick. As the direct result of modern scholarship accessible only since the 1960s, it is now possible to appraise fully the life of this remarkable person who was born in Lichfield 19February 1717, a childhood friend of Samuel Johnson, who became the greatest English theatrical luminary who ever lived, and who when he died 20 January 1779was mourned by the nation and eulogized by Dr. Johnson as one whose death "eclipsed the gaiety of nations." For twenty-nine years (1747-1776) Garrick managed Drury Lane theatre, caring passionately for its well-being. His own acting set the pace for the performances, his discipline carried it on, and his theatrical innovations attracted the audiences on which the lives, hopes, and families of some 140actors, actresses, singers, dancers, and others depended. In addition, he wrote, adapted, or altered some 49 plays and wrote nearly 100 prologues. What emerges from this big, new critical biography is a fully drawn portrait of an eighteenth-century gentleman, with a wide range of acquaintances, elegant socially, morally, and personally, and an engaging conversationalist with and respecter of women of mark and with his closest friends. He was also, as the evidence now shows, the solid link with his own age and the great dramatic artists of the past, from the Restoration playwrights to Massinger, Jonson, Shakespeare, and early English dramatists.
Illegitimate Theatre in London, 1770-1840
Author: Jane MoodyPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521039864
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
This book explores British illegitimate theatre towards the end of the eighteenth century.
Twentieth-Century British and American Theatre
Author: Christopher InnesPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429782128
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
First published in 1999, this volume aims to develop the field of theatre studies by promoting the study of performative elements and thus fostering their consideration in the critical interpretation of dramatic literature. The authors additionally suggest ways of approaching and evaluating the work of individual performers, as well as of directors, designers and producers. It is an archival guide which covers manuscript and ephemera, rather than published texts, and attempts to indicate the potential value of the documentary material listed. This unique reference guide provides descriptions and evaluations of archive manuscript materials and ephemera relating to twentieth-century British and American theatre. Over 100 archives across Europe, North America and Britain were examined in the compilation of this volume. The documents include: unpublished playscripts; state and costume designs; directors' books; prompt books; lighting plots; stage photos; correspondence; theatre programmes. One hundred and seventy five entries are arranged alphabetically and cover playwrights, directors, designers and actors. By its nature, theatre is a collaborative enterprise, a facet which is recognised in the comprehensive cross-referencing of entries. The last twenty years has seen a shift in drama studies from text-based criticism to analysis of performance. The materials covered in this book have therefore become essential to future research in the field.
Summer Theatre in London, 1661-1820, and the Rise of the Haymarket Theatre
Author: William J. BurlingPublisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
ISBN: 9780838638118
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
A biography of the actor who starred in the popular television series, Family Ties, as well as in a number of motion pictures and who recently announced that he has Parkinson's disease.
Michigan Manufacturer & Financial Record
Author: Catalog of Manuscripts of the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C.
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Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 808
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The Theatres of Inigo Jones and John Webb
Author: John OrrellPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521255465
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
This book examines the stage works that Inigo Jones and John Webb who are responsible for the visual aspects of the masques performed at the various royal palaces in the seventeenth century. The author establishes Jones and Webb as the most effective London theatre builders and scene designers at this time.
The Budget Report of the State Board of Finance and Control to the General Assembly, Session of [1929-] 1937
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Author: Connecticut. Board of Finance and ControlPublisher:
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Category : Budget
Languages : en
Pages : 3142
Book Description
Budget report for 1929/31 deals also with the operations of the fiscal year ended June 30, 1928 and the estimates for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929.
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