Author: Gail Marshall
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040250378
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Focuses on David Garrick and the leading actors of his company at Drury Lane. This book tells how, in their time, Garrick, Macklin and Woffington were as famous for their achievements on the stage as they were infamous for their activities off it. It draws a selection of the actors' own words with those of their contemporaries and critics.
The Works of the Late Aaron Hill, Esq ; in Four Volumes
Author: Aaron Hill
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Acting
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Acting
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Lives of Shakespearian Actors, Part I, Volume 3
Author: Gail Marshall
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040250378
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Focuses on David Garrick and the leading actors of his company at Drury Lane. This book tells how, in their time, Garrick, Macklin and Woffington were as famous for their achievements on the stage as they were infamous for their activities off it. It draws a selection of the actors' own words with those of their contemporaries and critics.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040250378
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Focuses on David Garrick and the leading actors of his company at Drury Lane. This book tells how, in their time, Garrick, Macklin and Woffington were as famous for their achievements on the stage as they were infamous for their activities off it. It draws a selection of the actors' own words with those of their contemporaries and critics.
The Idea of the Actor
Author: William B. Worthen
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400857538
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
Analyzing the relationship between dramatic action and the controversial art of acting, William Worthen demonstrates that what it means to act, to be an actor, and to communicate through acting embodies both an ethics of acting and a poetics of drama. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400857538
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
Analyzing the relationship between dramatic action and the controversial art of acting, William Worthen demonstrates that what it means to act, to be an actor, and to communicate through acting embodies both an ethics of acting and a poetics of drama. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Great Shakespeareans Set II
Author: Adrian Poole
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1441184481
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 868
Book Description
The second set of volumes in the eighteen-volume series Great Shakespeareans, covering the work of nineteen key figures who influenced the global understanding of Shakespeare
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1441184481
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 868
Book Description
The second set of volumes in the eighteen-volume series Great Shakespeareans, covering the work of nineteen key figures who influenced the global understanding of Shakespeare
Ottoman Empire and European Theatre Vol. III
Author: Michael Hüttler
Publisher: Hollitzer Wissenschaftsverlag
ISBN: 3990120735
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 781
Book Description
On 3 May 1810 George Gordon, Lord Byron, swam like the mythic Leander from Sestos on the European side of the Hellespont to Abydos on the Asian shore. The hero of his poem "Don Juan" has lived in “feminine disguise” in the sultan's harem for more than a century. To commemorate Byron's Don Juan, the third volume of the "Ottoman Empire and European Theatre" series focuses on the image of the harem in literature and theatre. Nineteen international contributors explore historical conceptions of the Ottoman harem and seraglio in British, French and South East European sources from the late seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries. Contributions by Jennifer L. Airey, Gönül Bakay, Michael Chappell, Anne Greenfield, Isobel Grundy, Bent Holm, Michael Hüttler, Hans Peter Kellner, Emily M. N. Kugler, Andreas Münzmay, Domenica Newell-Amato, Walter Puchner, Marian Gilbart Read, Käthe Springer, Stefanie Steiner, Laura Tunbridge, Himmet Umunc, Hans Ernst Weidinger, Mi Zhou.
Publisher: Hollitzer Wissenschaftsverlag
ISBN: 3990120735
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 781
Book Description
On 3 May 1810 George Gordon, Lord Byron, swam like the mythic Leander from Sestos on the European side of the Hellespont to Abydos on the Asian shore. The hero of his poem "Don Juan" has lived in “feminine disguise” in the sultan's harem for more than a century. To commemorate Byron's Don Juan, the third volume of the "Ottoman Empire and European Theatre" series focuses on the image of the harem in literature and theatre. Nineteen international contributors explore historical conceptions of the Ottoman harem and seraglio in British, French and South East European sources from the late seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries. Contributions by Jennifer L. Airey, Gönül Bakay, Michael Chappell, Anne Greenfield, Isobel Grundy, Bent Holm, Michael Hüttler, Hans Peter Kellner, Emily M. N. Kugler, Andreas Münzmay, Domenica Newell-Amato, Walter Puchner, Marian Gilbart Read, Käthe Springer, Stefanie Steiner, Laura Tunbridge, Himmet Umunc, Hans Ernst Weidinger, Mi Zhou.
A Catalogue of the Library of the Late John Grey, Esq; F.R.S. and Rector of the Marischal College of Aberdeen, ... which Will be Sold, ... this Day 1770, ... by Tho. Payne, ...
Author: Thomas Payne
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
The Encyclopedia of British Literature, 3 Volume Set
Author: Gary Day
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1444330209
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 1524
Book Description
Provides a comprehensive overview of all aspects of the poetry, drama, fiction, and literary and cultural criticism produced from the Restoration of the English monarchy to the onset of the French Revolution Comprises over 340 entries arranged in A-Z format across three fully indexed and cross-referenced volumes Written by an international team of leading and emerging scholars Features an impressive scope and range of subjects: from courtship and circulating libraries, to the works of Samuel Johnson and Sarah Scott Includes coverage of both canonical and lesser-known authors, as well as entries addressing gender, sexuality, and other topics that have previously been underrepresented in traditional scholarship Represents the most comprehensive resource available on this period, and an indispensable guide to the rich diversity of British writing that ushered in the modern literary era 3 Volumes www.literatureencyclopedia.com
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1444330209
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 1524
Book Description
Provides a comprehensive overview of all aspects of the poetry, drama, fiction, and literary and cultural criticism produced from the Restoration of the English monarchy to the onset of the French Revolution Comprises over 340 entries arranged in A-Z format across three fully indexed and cross-referenced volumes Written by an international team of leading and emerging scholars Features an impressive scope and range of subjects: from courtship and circulating libraries, to the works of Samuel Johnson and Sarah Scott Includes coverage of both canonical and lesser-known authors, as well as entries addressing gender, sexuality, and other topics that have previously been underrepresented in traditional scholarship Represents the most comprehensive resource available on this period, and an indispensable guide to the rich diversity of British writing that ushered in the modern literary era 3 Volumes www.literatureencyclopedia.com
Intimate Strangers
Author: Vanessa Smith
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521437512
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
A fascinating study of the importance of ideas of friendship in late eighteenth-century explorations of the Pacific.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521437512
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
A fascinating study of the importance of ideas of friendship in late eighteenth-century explorations of the Pacific.
A Catalogue of the Entire Libraries of Charles Hedges, Esq. Late of the Garter-House, Windsor-Castle, Containing a Fine Collection of Classics, and Books on the Belles-lettres; and of the Rev. William Cole, the Eminent Antiquary, Late of Milton, Near Cambridge, Comprising Books on All Subjects of English Antiquity, Biography, Monastic and Ecclesiastical History, and a Few Rare Articles of Italian Literature:
Author: Benjamin White
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Booksellers'
Languages : en
Pages : 1016
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Booksellers'
Languages : en
Pages : 1016
Book Description
The Works of Aaron Hill
Author: Aaron Hill
Publisher: Thoemmes
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
No Marketing Blurb
Publisher: Thoemmes
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
No Marketing Blurb