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

A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers & Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800
Author: Philip H. Highfill
Publisher: SIU Press
Total Pages: 392
Release: 1993
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780809318032

Volume 16 completes the magisterial Biographical Dictionary which provides information on some 8,500 of the people who contributed to the patent theatres, opera houses, fair booths, concert halls, and pleasure gardens in and around London during the period from 1660 to 1800. The final volume centers on Margaret Woffington, "the most beautiful woman that ever adorned a theatre" (the judgment of Thomas Davies--evidenced by the nine included portraits). Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Questions from A to Z You Always Wanted to Ask a Black American!

Questions from A to Z You Always Wanted to Ask a Black American!
Author: Anthony Head
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2004
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1412041635

The book takes a light look at Black American thought on many of today's issues. Answers to questions asked by every day people about Black Americans. The reader gets a behind closed door chance to discover many concepts that Black Americans discuss among themselves. Information in the book will create great conversation topics with any Black American person. It's fun and informative. A must-have book.

Victorian Actors and Actresses in Review

Victorian Actors and Actresses in Review
Author: Donald Mullin
Publisher: Greenwood
Total Pages: 620
Release: 1983-10-27
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

An informative and scholarly survey by Donald Mullin, Victorian Actors and Actresses in Review, compiles extensive critical assessments by contemporary reviewers of some 250 British and American players who performed between 1837 and 1901. Backstage