Author : J. Payne Collier
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781440082429
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (824 download)
Book Synopsis Life of the Original Actors in Shakespeare's Plays (Classic Reprint) by : J. Payne Collier
Download or read book Life of the Original Actors in Shakespeare's Plays (Classic Reprint) written by J. Payne Collier and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-30 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Life of the Original Actors in Shakespeare's Plays The ensuing volume is chiefly composed of minute particulars; but particulars, however minute, are not on that account trifling or uninteresting, Since they obviously assume importance in proportion to the pro minence or distinction of the parties to whom they te late: these details have reference to Shakespeare, to the great dramatists of his day, and to the principal actors engaged in the original performance of their plays. General readers will hardly be aware of the time and trouble employed in collecting the facts here arranged; and the compiler is afraid to dwell upon them, lost it Should be imagined that he is disposed to over-estimate his labours or his acquisitions. He is fully sensible of the many deficiencies of what he now Offers: he knows how much remains to be done; but he knows, too, how much more is contained in the following sheets, than was ever discovered or brought together before. Those only who are acquainted with the scanty and imper feet materials of preceding biographers in this depart ment, will be likely to do justice to the quantity of new information comprised in the volume in their hands. Some few (the author hopes they will be only few) may be of Opinion that, at best, it is a monument of time mispent, and industry misapplied. 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.