Author: Theatre Royal (Liverpool, England)
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Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 526
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A collection of playbills from Theatre Royal, Liverpool 1773-1781
Author: Theatre Royal (Liverpool, England)
Publisher:
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Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 526
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Publisher:
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Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 526
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Shakespeare in the Theatre: Sarah Siddons and John Philip Kemble
Author: Fiona Ritchie
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 135007330X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
Siblings Sarah Siddons (1755–1831) and John Philip Kemble (1757–1823) were the most famous British actors of the late-18th and early-19th centuries. Through their powerful acting and meticulous conceptualisation of Shakespeare's characters and their worlds, they created iconic interpretations of Shakespeare's major roles that live on in our theatrical and cultural memory. This book examines the actors' long careers on the London stage, from Siddons's debut in 1782 to Kemble's retirement in 1817, encompassing Kemble's time as theatre manager, when he sought to foreground their strengths as Shakespearean performers in his productions. Over the course of more than thirty years, Siddons and Kemble appeared opposite one another in many Shakespeare plays, including King John, Henry VIII, Coriolanus and Macbeth. The actors had to negotiate two major Shakespeare scandals: the staging of Vortigern – a fake Shakespearean play – in 1796 and the Old Price Riots of 1809, during which the audience challenged Siddons's and Kemble's perceived attempts to control Shakespeare. Fiona Ritchie examines the siblings' careers, focusing on their collaborations, as well as placing Siddons's and Kemble's Shakespeare performances in the context of contemporary 18th- and 19th-century drama. The volume not only offers a detailed consideration of London theatre, but also explores the importance of provincial performance to the actors, notably in the case of Hamlet – a role in which both appeared across Britain and in Ireland.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 135007330X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
Siblings Sarah Siddons (1755–1831) and John Philip Kemble (1757–1823) were the most famous British actors of the late-18th and early-19th centuries. Through their powerful acting and meticulous conceptualisation of Shakespeare's characters and their worlds, they created iconic interpretations of Shakespeare's major roles that live on in our theatrical and cultural memory. This book examines the actors' long careers on the London stage, from Siddons's debut in 1782 to Kemble's retirement in 1817, encompassing Kemble's time as theatre manager, when he sought to foreground their strengths as Shakespearean performers in his productions. Over the course of more than thirty years, Siddons and Kemble appeared opposite one another in many Shakespeare plays, including King John, Henry VIII, Coriolanus and Macbeth. The actors had to negotiate two major Shakespeare scandals: the staging of Vortigern – a fake Shakespearean play – in 1796 and the Old Price Riots of 1809, during which the audience challenged Siddons's and Kemble's perceived attempts to control Shakespeare. Fiona Ritchie examines the siblings' careers, focusing on their collaborations, as well as placing Siddons's and Kemble's Shakespeare performances in the context of contemporary 18th- and 19th-century drama. The volume not only offers a detailed consideration of London theatre, but also explores the importance of provincial performance to the actors, notably in the case of Hamlet – a role in which both appeared across Britain and in Ireland.
A Collection of Playbills from Theatre Royal, Liverpool 1820-1822
Author: Theatre Royal (Liverpool, England)
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Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 587
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Publisher:
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Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 587
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A Collection of Playbills from Theatre Royal, Liverpool 1823-1825
Author: Theatre Royal (Liverpool, England)
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Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 582
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Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 582
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A Collection of Playbills from Haymarket Theatre 1781-1783
Author: Haymarket Theatre (London, England)
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Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 281
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Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 281
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A Collection of Playbills from Theatre Royal, York 1782-1849
Author: Theatre Royal (York, England)
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Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 620
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Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 620
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A Collection of Playbills from Theatre, Portsmouth 1781-1782
Author: Theatre, Portsmouth (Portsmouth, England)
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Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 94
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Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 94
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A Collection of the Playbills of the Theatre Royal, Margate, from 1793 to 1801.
Author: Theatre Royal (MARGATE)
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Languages : en
Pages :
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Languages : en
Pages :
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A Collection of Playbills from Covent Garden Theatre 1779-1781
Author: Covent Garden Theatre
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Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 375
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Publisher:
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Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 375
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A Collection of Playbills from Theatre Royal, Stafford 1796-1835
Author: Theatre Royal (Stafford, England)
Publisher:
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Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 544
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Publisher:
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Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 544
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