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Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Nineteenth Century Theatre Research
Author: 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.
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:
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Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 1010
Book Description
Theatre/drama Abstracts
Author: The Selected Writings of Leigh Hunt
Author: Robert MorrisonPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000743969
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 2782
Book Description
This edition makes available in a single edition all of Hunt's major works, fully annotated and with a consolidated index. The set will include all of Hunt's poetry, and an extensive selection of his periodical essays.
The Letters of Charles and Mary Anne Lamb
Author: Charles Lamb, Jr.Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501727516
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
All of the available letters of Charles Lamb, a master of the English essay, and his sister Mary Anne published in this definitive, scrupulously edited work. The letters, many of them written to illustrious figures of the Romantic period, are generally agreed to rank among the finest in the English language. Transcribing where possible from the originals or facsimiles, Professor Marrs corrects textual errors found in previous editions, and he pays particular attention to establishing precise dates for the correspondence. He includes letters that were omitted from the last collection (published in 1935 and long out of print), and he has uncovered more than eighty letters never published before. The Letters of Charles and Mary Anne Lamb totals five or six volumes, and presents nearly 1200 letters written by Charles and Mary, singly or together. The correspondence is fully annotated, the volumes are illustrated, and the holographic idiosyncrasies of the originals are rendered typographically wherever possible. Rich in revelations about the extraordinary lives of the Lambs, these beautifully written letters are an inexhaustible store of information about the Romantic era and its major figures-Wordsworth, Keats, and Coleridge. The publication of unexpurgated and authoritative texts is an important literary event.
Catalogue of Drawings by British Artists and Artists of Foreign Origin Working in Great Britain ...: A-C
Author: British Museum. Department of Prints and DrawingsPublisher:
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Category : Artists
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800
Author: Philip H. HighfillPublisher: SIU Press
ISBN: 9780809305186
Category : London (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 504
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