Author: William WhiteheadPublisher:
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Category : English drama (Tragedy)
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Poems on Several Occasions, with the Roman Father, a Tragedy. By Mr. W. Whitehead
Author: William WhiteheadPublisher:
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Category : English drama (Tragedy)
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Poems on Several Occasions
Author: William CongreveWhat Blest Genius?: The Jubilee That Made Shakespeare
Author: Andrew McConnell StottPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393248666
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
Winner of the 2019 Marfield Prize for Outstanding Writing About the Arts The remarkable, ridiculous, rain-soaked story of Shakespeare’s Jubilee: the event that established William Shakespeare as the greatest writer of all time. In September 1769, three thousand people descended on Stratford-upon-Avon to celebrate the artistic legacy of the town’s most famous son, William Shakespeare. Attendees included the rich and powerful, the fashionable and the curious, eligible ladies and fortune hunters, and a horde of journalists and profiteers. For three days, they paraded through garlanded streets, listened to songs and oratorios, and enjoyed masked balls. It was a unique cultural moment—a coronation elevating Shakespeare to the throne of genius. Except it was a disaster. The poorly planned Jubilee imposed an army of Londoners on a backwater hamlet peopled by hostile and superstitious locals, unable and unwilling to meet their demands. Even nature refused to behave. Rain fell in sheets, flooding tents and dampening fireworks, and threatening to wash the whole town away. Told from the dual perspectives of David Garrick, who masterminded the Jubilee, and James Boswell, who attended it, What Blest Genius? is rich with humor, gossip, and theatrical intrigue. Recounting the absurd and chaotic glory of those three days in September, Andrew McConnell Stott illuminates the circumstances in which William Shakespeare became a transcendent global icon.
Catalogue of Autographs, Etc
Author: Dobell, P. J. & A. E., booksellers, LondonPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1012
Book Description
Poems Upon Several Occasions
Author: William CongrevePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Bookseller's catalogues
Author: William Strong (bookseller.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
English Literature, 1650-1800
Author: John Cooper MendenhallPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1196
Book Description
Manuscripts, Upon Papyrus, Vellum, and Paper, in Various Languages
Author: Thorpe, Thomas, firm, booksellers, LondonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 1468
Book Description
A Catalogue of XVIIIth Century Verse
Author: Percy John DobellPublisher:
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Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
![A catalogue of ... books, formerly the property of ... William Harris [and others. Bookseller's catal.]. PDF](https://books.google.com/books/content/images/frontcover/TT9bAAAAQAAJ?fife=w80-h100)
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