Author: Colley Cibber
Publisher: Ardent Media
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
An Appreciation of Colley Cibber
Author: Colley Cibber
Publisher: Ardent Media
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Publisher: Ardent Media
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
An Appreciation of Colley Cibber, Actor and Dramatist
Author: Colley Cibber
Publisher: Ardent Media
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Publisher: Ardent Media
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
An Appreciation of Colley Cibber
Author: Diederikus Marius Elbertus Habbema
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
An Appreciation of Colley Cibber, Actor and Dramatist, Together with a Reprint of His Play
Author: Colley Cibber
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Colley Cibber
Author: Helene Koon
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 081318522X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
Colley Cibber changed the course of the English-speaking theater. One of the most complete theater men in the history of the stage, he fostered the change from drama as the handmaiden of literature to theater as an independent and lively art. In the process, Cibber became one of London's brightest stars, one of its most popular playwrights and, for thirty years, manager of the most important theater in England, Drury Lane. Yet above all, Cibber was an actor, and this fact governed his life and career. In his plays, he demonstrated a remarkable awareness of the audience in the playhouse, while the character of a fool, which he created for the stage, gradually became the mask he wore in private life. The man himself achieved fame and wealth and gained powerful friends who gave him the post of Poet Laureate. But the mask and his success brought equally powerful enemies who made him the target of their ridicule and succeeded in destroying his reputation. Since then the distorted image created by Pope and Fielding has amused generations of readers, but it does not explain how such a supposed fool remained a favorite with the public throughout his career, had more plays in the repertory than any other contemporary author, successfully managed a major theatrical company, or wrote the best theatrical history of his age. This biography looks at the man behind that distorting mask, his position in his own time, and his contribution to the theater.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 081318522X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
Colley Cibber changed the course of the English-speaking theater. One of the most complete theater men in the history of the stage, he fostered the change from drama as the handmaiden of literature to theater as an independent and lively art. In the process, Cibber became one of London's brightest stars, one of its most popular playwrights and, for thirty years, manager of the most important theater in England, Drury Lane. Yet above all, Cibber was an actor, and this fact governed his life and career. In his plays, he demonstrated a remarkable awareness of the audience in the playhouse, while the character of a fool, which he created for the stage, gradually became the mask he wore in private life. The man himself achieved fame and wealth and gained powerful friends who gave him the post of Poet Laureate. But the mask and his success brought equally powerful enemies who made him the target of their ridicule and succeeded in destroying his reputation. Since then the distorted image created by Pope and Fielding has amused generations of readers, but it does not explain how such a supposed fool remained a favorite with the public throughout his career, had more plays in the repertory than any other contemporary author, successfully managed a major theatrical company, or wrote the best theatrical history of his age. This biography looks at the man behind that distorting mask, his position in his own time, and his contribution to the theater.
Acting
Author: Mary Beth Osnes
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1576078043
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 453
Book Description
A groundbreaking, cross-cultural reference work exploring the diversity of expression found in rituals, festivals, and performances, uncovering acting techniques and practices from around the world. Acting: An International Encyclopedia explores the amazing diversity of dramatic expression found in rituals, festivals, and live and filmed performances. Its hundreds of alphabetically arranged, fully referenced entries offer insights into famous players, writers, and directors, as well as notable stage and film productions from around the world and throughout the history of theater, cinema, and television. The book also includes a surprising array of additional topics, including important venues (from Greek amphitheaters to Broadway and Hollywood), acting schools (the Actor's Studio) and companies (the Royal Shakespeare), performance genres (from religious pageants to puppetry), technical terms of the actor's art, and much more. It is a unique resource for exploring the techniques performers use to captivate their audiences, and how those techniques have evolved to meet the demands of performing through Greek masks and layers of Kabuki makeup, in vast halls or tiny theaters, or for the unforgiving eye of the camera.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1576078043
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 453
Book Description
A groundbreaking, cross-cultural reference work exploring the diversity of expression found in rituals, festivals, and performances, uncovering acting techniques and practices from around the world. Acting: An International Encyclopedia explores the amazing diversity of dramatic expression found in rituals, festivals, and live and filmed performances. Its hundreds of alphabetically arranged, fully referenced entries offer insights into famous players, writers, and directors, as well as notable stage and film productions from around the world and throughout the history of theater, cinema, and television. The book also includes a surprising array of additional topics, including important venues (from Greek amphitheaters to Broadway and Hollywood), acting schools (the Actor's Studio) and companies (the Royal Shakespeare), performance genres (from religious pageants to puppetry), technical terms of the actor's art, and much more. It is a unique resource for exploring the techniques performers use to captivate their audiences, and how those techniques have evolved to meet the demands of performing through Greek masks and layers of Kabuki makeup, in vast halls or tiny theaters, or for the unforgiving eye of the camera.
Colley Cibber
Author: Leonard R. N. Ashley
Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Bibliography of Eighteenth Century English Literature
Author:
Publisher: Ardent Media
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Publisher: Ardent Media
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Henry Fielding, Critic and Satirist
Author: Frans Pieter van der Voorde
Publisher: Ardent Media
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Fielding himself frequently stated that satire was his aim. Taking this statement as his point of departure, the author considers Fielding's criticism of men & manners, his attitude towards & his treatment of the literature, the politics, the learned professions, & the social conditions of his day.
Publisher: Ardent Media
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Fielding himself frequently stated that satire was his aim. Taking this statement as his point of departure, the author considers Fielding's criticism of men & manners, his attitude towards & his treatment of the literature, the politics, the learned professions, & the social conditions of his day.
Henry Fielding Critic and Satirist
Author: Ronald Paulson
Publisher: Ardent Media
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Publisher: Ardent Media
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description