The Life And Times Of That Excellent And Renowned Actor Thomas Betterton

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Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780364963395
Total Pages : 166 pages
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Download or read book The Life and Times of the Excellent and Renowned Actor Thomas Betterton (Classic Reprint) written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-19 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Life and Times of the Excellent and Renowned Actor Thomas Betterton In 1741 was published, by the bookseller Curl], 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 out 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. Betterton was an actor of such renown, if he was not, as some have said he was, the greatest of actors, and the times he lived in, and the circumstances and experiences surround ing a player of that period, were so different to those of all others, and consequently endowed with an unusual interest, that this is to be regretted. To supply this deficiency and want, is the object of the present unpretentious volume. It will of course be evident to all our readers that it is utterly impossible to supply undeniable information upon a good deal of that early history of which the records have been lost, and which is consequently involved in inextricable confusion, no pains, however, have been spared in endeavour ing to clear up, as far as possible, matters which careful research would throw light upon, and a number of errors disfiguring several well-known and often consulted works relating to the British Stage, have been corrected and explained. In addition, have been added in their proper places, several ancient documents, almost, if not quite unknown to the present generation, which help us to understand the actor's career, and also full extracts from the criticisms of acknowledged high class reviewers. 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.