A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800

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Publisher : SIU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780809305186
Total Pages : 504 pages
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A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Volume 4, Corye to Dynion

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Publisher : SIU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780809306930
Total Pages : 584 pages
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Download or read book A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Volume 4, Corye to Dynion written by Philip H. Highfill and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 1975 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volumes three and four of this monumen­tal work include full entries for all such illustrious names as those of the Cibbers--Colley, Theophilus, and Susanna Maria--Kitty Clive, and Charlotte Charke, George Colman, the Elder, and the Younger, William Davenant, and De Loutherboug. But here also are full entries for dozens of important secondary figures and of minor ones whose stories have never been told, as well as a census (and at least a few recoverable facts) for even the most inconsiderable performers and servants of the theatres. As in the previous volumes in this dis­tinguished series, the accompanying illus­trations include at least one picture of each subject for whom a portrait exists.

A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Volume 6, Garrick to Gyngell

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Publisher : SIU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780809308330
Total Pages : 520 pages
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Download or read book A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Volume 6, Garrick to Gyngell written by Philip H. Highfill and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 1978 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In contrast to each other, Volume 5 is a sociological portrait of mostly little people in their tragic and comic efforts to achieve fame on the London stage during the Restoration and eighteenth century, whereas Volume 6 is dom­inated by the glamour of David Gar­rick, Nell Gwyn, and Joseph Grimaldi, the celebrated clown. Some 250 por­traits individualize the great and small of the theatres of London.

The Plays of David Garrick: Garrick's own plays, 1740-1766

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Publisher : SIU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780809308620
Total Pages : 480 pages
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Download or read book The Plays of David Garrick: Garrick's own plays, 1740-1766 written by David Garrick and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 1980 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Garrick's accomplishments as an actor, manager, and theatrical innovator brought him great fame and fortune, and his ideas influenced not only his own age but succeeding ages as well. Yet as a playwright, a part of the elegant combination of talents that was David Garrick, he has never achieved the critical reputation he richly deserves, in main because of the unavailability of texts and the lack of proper assessment of the historic importance of his plays in the English theatre. This first complete edition makes available to scholars and students all the plays of Gar­rick in well edited texts, with commentary and notes. The two volumes of Garrick's own plays published together here include the twenty-two plays of the Garrick canon attributable to him. Garrick's claim to serious consideration as a playwright rests upon these plays, written between 1740 and 1775.They are not all mas­terpieces, but their inclusion here, arranged in chronological order, will enable the stage his­torian to assess Garrick's progress as a dramatist. Contents: Lethe; or, Esop in the Shades. A Dra­matic Satire, 1740; The Lying Valet, 1741; Miss in Her Teens; or, The Medley of Lovers. A Farce, 1747; Lilliputt. A Dramatic Entertainment, 1756; The Male-Coquette; or, Seventeen Hundred Fifty Seven, 1757; The Guardian. A Comedy, 1759; Harlequin's Invasion; or, A Christmas Gambol, 1759; The Enchanter; or, Love and Magic. A Musi­cal Drama, 1760; The Farmer's Return from Lon­don. An Interlude, 1762; The Clandestine Mar­riage. A Comedy, 1766; and Neck or Nothing. A Farce, 1766.

A Reference Guide for English Studies

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Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520321871
Total Pages : 2816 pages
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A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Volume 8, Hough to Keyse

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Publisher : SIU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780809309191
Total Pages : 464 pages
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Download or read book A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Volume 8, Hough to Keyse written by Philip H. Highfill and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 1982 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 8 dis­cusses, among others, the careers of Charles Incledon, the "English Ballad-Singer," boxing champion of England, "Gentleman" John Jackson, and members of the famous Kemble family-- Charles, Maria Theresa, Frances, Henry, John Philip, Priscilla, Elizabeth, Roger, and Stephen.

A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Volume 5, Eagan to Garrett

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Publisher : SIU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780809308323
Total Pages : 512 pages
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Download or read book A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Volume 5, Eagan to Garrett written by Philip H. Highfill and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 1978 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In contrast to each other, Volume 5 is a sociological portrait of mostly little people in their tragic and comic efforts to achieve fame on the London stage during the Restoration and eighteenth century, whereas Volume 6 is dom­inated by the glamour of David Gar­rick, Nell Gwyn, and Joseph Grimaldi, the celebrated clown. Some 250 por­traits individualize the great and small of the theatres of London.

A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Volume 1, Abaco to Belfille

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Publisher : SIU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780809305179
Total Pages : 472 pages
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Download or read book A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Volume 1, Abaco to Belfille written by Philip H. Highfill, Jr. and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 1973-12 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tobe completed in 12volumes, this monumental work here begins publica­tion with the first two volumes--Abaco to Bertie and Bertin to Byzard. When completed, it is expected that the bio­graphical dictionary will include informa­tion on more than 8,500 individuals. Hundreds of printed sources have been searched for this project, and dozens of repositories combed, and the names of personnel listed have been filtered through parish registers whenever possible. From published and unpublished sources, from wills, archives of professional societies and guilds, from records of colleges, uni­versities, and clubs, and from the contri­butions of selfless scholars, the authors have here assembled material which il­luminates theatrical and musical activity in London in the 1660-1800 period. The information here amassed will doubtless be augmented by other spe­cialists in Restoration and eighteenth-century theatre and drama, but it is not likely that the number of persons now known surely or conjectured finally to have been connected with theatrical en­terprise in this period will ever be in­creased considerably. Certainly, the contributions made here add immeasurably to existing knowledge, and in a number of instances correct standard histories or reference works. The accompanying illustrations, esti­mated to be some 1,400 likenesses--at least one picture of each subject for whom a portrait exists--may prove to be a use­ful feature of the Work. The authors have gone beyond embellishment of the text, and have attempted to list all origi­nal portraits any knowledge of which is now recoverable, and have tried to ascer­tain the present location of portraits in every medium.

Hidden Patrons

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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350358649
Total Pages : 329 pages
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A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Volume 3, Cabanel to Cory

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Publisher : SIU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780809306923
Total Pages : 552 pages
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Download or read book A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Volume 3, Cabanel to Cory written by Philip H. Highfill and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 1975 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volumes three and four of this monumen­tal work include full entries for all such illustrious names as those of the Cibbers--Colley, Theophilus, and Susanna Maria--Kitty Clive, and Charlotte Charke, George Colman, the Elder, and the Younger, William Davenant, and De Loutherboug. But here also are full entries for dozens of important secondary figures and of minor ones whose stories have never been told, as well as a census (and at least a few recoverable facts) for even the most inconsiderable performers and servants of the theatres. As in the previous volumes in this dis­tinguished series, the accompanying illus­trations include at least one picture of each subject for whom a portrait exists.

The Publishers' Trade List Annual

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Total Pages : 776 pages
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A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Volume 7, Habgood to Houbert

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Publisher : SIU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780809309184
Total Pages : 456 pages
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Download or read book A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Volume 7, Habgood to Houbert written by Philip H. Highfill and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 1982 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 7 includes such notables as the composers Handel and Haydn and the alluring actress Elizabeth Hartley.

Broadside

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Total Pages : 194 pages
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The Plays of David Garrick

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Publisher : SIU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780809308637
Total Pages : 412 pages
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Download or read book The Plays of David Garrick written by David Garrick and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 1980 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Garrick's accomplishments as an actor, manager, and theatrical innovator brought him great fame and fortune, and his ideas influenced not only his own age but succeeding ages as well. Yet as a playwright, a part of the elegant combination of talents that was David Garrick, he has never achieved the critical reputation he richly deserves, in main because of the unavailability of texts and the lack of proper assessment of the historic importance of his plays in the English theatre. This first complete edition makes available to scholars and students all the plays of Gar­rick in well edited texts, with commentary and notes. The two volumes of Garrick's own plays published together here include the twenty-two plays of the Garrick canon attributable to him. Garrick's claim to serious consideration as a playwright rests upon these plays, written between 1740 and 1775.They are not all mas­terpieces, but their inclusion here, arranged in chronological order, will enable the stage his­torian to assess Garrick's progress as a dramatist. Contents: Cymon. A Dramatic Romance, 1767; Linco's Travels. An Interlude, 1767; A Peep Behind the Curtain; or, The New Rehearsal, 1767; The Jubilee, 1769; The Institution of the Garter; or, Arthur's Roundtable Restored, 1771; The Irish Widow, 1772; A Christmas Tale. A New Dramatic Entertainment, 1773; The Meeting of the Com­pany; or, Bayes's Art of Acting, 1774; Bon Ton; or, High Life above Stairs, 1775; May-Day; or, The Little Gipsy, 1775; and The Theatrical Candidates, 1775.

The Business of English Restoration Theatre, 1660–1700

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009398210
Total Pages : 303 pages
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Biographical Dictionaries and Related Works

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Total Pages : 794 pages
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Culture and Diplomacy

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Publisher : Hollitzer Wissenschaftsverlag
ISBN 13 : 399094200X
Total Pages : 756 pages
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Download or read book Culture and Diplomacy written by Reinhard Eisendle and published by Hollitzer Wissenschaftsverlag. This book was released on 2023-12-22 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diplomats had multiple tasks: not only negotiating with the representatives of other states, but also mediating culture and knowledge, and not least elaborating reports on their observations of politics, society, and culture. Culture, according to the studies featured in this book, is defined as a complex sphere including aspects like systems of communication, literature, music, arts, education, and the creation of knowledge. This edition containing contributions from six conferences held in Vienna and Istanbul by the Don Juan Archiv Wien focuses on the complex diplomatic and cultural relations between the Ottoman Empire and Europe from the time of the early embassies to Istanbul up to "Tanzimat".