Author: Bransby Williams
Publisher:
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Category : Actors
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
An Actor's Story
Author: Bransby Williams
Publisher:
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Category : Actors
Languages : en
Pages : 360
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Publisher:
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Category : Actors
Languages : en
Pages : 360
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William Terriss and Richard Prince
Author: George Rowell
Publisher: London : Society for Theatre Research
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Publisher: London : Society for Theatre Research
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
The Life of William Terriss, Actor
Author: Arthur J. Smythe
Publisher:
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Category : Actors
Languages : en
Pages : 258
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Publisher:
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Category : Actors
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Lives of Shakespearian Actors, Part V, Volume 3
Author: Tetsuo Kishi
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040129013
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 547
Book Description
Extracts from diaries, memoirs, private letters, obituaries and other rare ephemera are drawn together to build a contemporary account of the acting achievements and personal lives of three inspiring figures from the late nineteenth-century theatre; Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Henry Irving and Ellen Terry.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040129013
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 547
Book Description
Extracts from diaries, memoirs, private letters, obituaries and other rare ephemera are drawn together to build a contemporary account of the acting achievements and personal lives of three inspiring figures from the late nineteenth-century theatre; Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Henry Irving and Ellen Terry.
The Athenaeum
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Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 608
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Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 608
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Arms and the Man, The Devil's Disciple, and Caesar and Cleopatra
Author: George Bernard Shaw
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198800711
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 465
Book Description
The three plays in this volume are some of George Bernard Shaw's most popular and frequently performed works. They demonstrate the development of Shavian comedy and contain early formulations of his idea of the Superman, an extraordinary individual who catalyzes the evolution of mankind.Arms and the Man (1894) was Shaw's first commercial success and the first public confirmation that he could make playwriting his profession. It is the first of what Shaw called his "pleasant plays", comedies that critique idealism in general rather than specific social problems (as his earlier playsdid). Specifically, Shaw undermines the romance of wartime courage, reckless heroism, and nationalist pride among British spectators while using the Serbo-Bulgarian War of 1886 as an exotic veneer.Shaw wrote The Devil's Disciple (1897) for William Terriss, an actor known for his swashbuckling roles who had requested a play that would "contain every 'surefire" melodramatic situation' - mistaken identities, terrifying adventures and last-second escapes, and frequent emotional outpourings..Caesar and Cleopatra (1898) is Shaw's revision of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra as well as a fusion of the pragmatism and unconventionality of the heroes of Arms and the Man and The Devil's Disciple into a portrait of jocular, morally serious leadership.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198800711
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 465
Book Description
The three plays in this volume are some of George Bernard Shaw's most popular and frequently performed works. They demonstrate the development of Shavian comedy and contain early formulations of his idea of the Superman, an extraordinary individual who catalyzes the evolution of mankind.Arms and the Man (1894) was Shaw's first commercial success and the first public confirmation that he could make playwriting his profession. It is the first of what Shaw called his "pleasant plays", comedies that critique idealism in general rather than specific social problems (as his earlier playsdid). Specifically, Shaw undermines the romance of wartime courage, reckless heroism, and nationalist pride among British spectators while using the Serbo-Bulgarian War of 1886 as an exotic veneer.Shaw wrote The Devil's Disciple (1897) for William Terriss, an actor known for his swashbuckling roles who had requested a play that would "contain every 'surefire" melodramatic situation' - mistaken identities, terrifying adventures and last-second escapes, and frequent emotional outpourings..Caesar and Cleopatra (1898) is Shaw's revision of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra as well as a fusion of the pragmatism and unconventionality of the heroes of Arms and the Man and The Devil's Disciple into a portrait of jocular, morally serious leadership.
The Literary World
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
A Catalogue of the Allen A. Brown Collection of Books Relating to the Stage in the Public Library of the City of Boston
Author: Allen A. Brown Collection (Boston Public Library)
Publisher: Boston : The Trustees
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 976
Book Description
Publisher: Boston : The Trustees
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 976
Book Description
Myself and Others
Author: Jessie Millward
Publisher:
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Category : Actors
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
"An important record of theatrical gossip and amusing stories of stage life during the last thirty years"--Dust jacket.
Publisher:
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Category : Actors
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
"An important record of theatrical gossip and amusing stories of stage life during the last thirty years"--Dust jacket.
The Encyclopaedia Britannica: Shu to Tom
Author:
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1164
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1164
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