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ISBN: 9781330948408
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Excerpt from The Life and Times of the Excellent and Renowned Actor Thomas Betterton No Life, properly so called, of that great actor, Thomas Betterton, has yet been printed. In 1710 was published a small book by one Gildon, called a "Life of Betterton"; - it is admitted however, by all who have seen it, that it was nothing of the kind, but a sort of "Rhapsody," and rambling reflections and supposed conversations with Mr. Betterton, upon plays, players, and playing. In 1741 was published, by the bookseller Curll, a small work entitled "The History of the English Stage," (sent out as written by Betterton himself), similar in size to the above, and not only as deficient in biographical material, but absurd and impossible in some of the few particulars attempted of such a nature. With the exception of some odd magazine articles, culled chiefly from the foregoing, and repeating their mistakes, a chapter now and then in volumes devoting sundry pages to each of a number of actors, and carefully refraining from anything in the way of tracing cut the details of a life, and occasional notices in accounts of old Plays, nothing more is shewn in Dramatic Bibliography, or has been discovered after a long and laborious search in the catalogue of the library of the British Museum. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
