Lives of Shakespearian Actors, Part III, Volume 2

Lives of Shakespearian Actors, Part III, Volume 2
Author: Gail Marshall
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 346
Release: 2024-05-17
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1040129064

Features actors who were significant in their development of new and innovative ways of performing Shakespeare. This title contains extracts from diaries, memoirs, private letters, and obituaries that present a contemporary account of their acting achievements and personal lives.

Lives of Shakespearian Actors, Part III, Volume 3

Lives of Shakespearian Actors, Part III, Volume 3
Author: Gail Marshall
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2024-05-17
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1040128793

Features actors who were significant in their development of new and innovative ways of performing Shakespeare. This title contains extracts from diaries, memoirs, private letters, and obituaries that present a contemporary account of their acting achievements and personal lives.

Lives of Shakespearian Actors, Part III, Volume 1

Lives of Shakespearian Actors, Part III, Volume 1
Author: Gail Marshall
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2024-05-17
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1040128882

Features actors who were significant in their development of new and innovative ways of performing Shakespeare. This title contains extracts from diaries, memoirs, private letters, and obituaries that present a contemporary account of their acting achievements and personal lives.

Lives of Victorian Literary Figures, Part III, Volume 2

Lives of Victorian Literary Figures, Part III, Volume 2
Author: Aileen Christianson
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 515
Release: 2024-05-31
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1040128688

Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle moved from rural Scotland to London's Cheyne Walk. This title focuses on writers for whom 'the centre' was a pressing concern. Elizabeth Gaskell, like her contemporary Emily Bronte, was from the north of England, though based in Lancashire and Cheshire rather than Yorkshire. Her first novel, Mary Barton 1848) was set in the north and was unusually realistic in its depiction of Manchester working-class life. Ruskin grew up in suburban London; in later life, he settled in the Lake District . The three volumes that comprise a set are facsimile reproductions of contemporary biographical material. They include letters, memoirs, poems and articles on three outstanding Victorian literary persons: John Ruskin, Elzabeth Gaskell and the Carlyles.

Lives of Shakespearian Actors, Part II, Volume 2

Lives of Shakespearian Actors, Part II, Volume 2
Author: Gail Marshall
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 424
Release: 2024-05-17
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1040128637

During the eighteenth century, theatrical writing developed as a genre. The publishing market responded to a seemingly insatiable appetite for accounts of the personalities, social lives and performances of celebrated entertainers. This series features actors who were significant in their development of new ways of performing Shakespeare.

Lives of Shakespearian Actors, Part V, Volume 2

Lives of Shakespearian Actors, Part V, Volume 2
Author: Tetsuo Kishi
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2024-05-17
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1040129005

Extracts from diaries, memoirs, private letters, obituaries and other rare ephemera are drawn together to build a contemporary account of the acting achievements and personal lives of three inspiring figures from the late nineteenth-century theatre; Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Henry Irving and Ellen Terry.

Lives of Shakespearian Actors, Part II, Volume 1

Lives of Shakespearian Actors, Part II, Volume 1
Author: Gail Marshall
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 481
Release: 2024-05-17
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1040129129

During the eighteenth century, theatrical writing developed as a genre. The publishing market responded to a seemingly insatiable appetite for accounts of the personalities, social lives and performances of celebrated entertainers. This series features actors who were significant in their development of new ways of performing Shakespeare.

Lives of Shakespearian Actors, Part I, Volume 2

Lives of Shakespearian Actors, Part I, Volume 2
Author: Gail Marshall
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 331
Release: 2024-10-28
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1040249183

Focuses on David Garrick and the leading actors of his company at Drury Lane. This book tells how, in their time, Garrick, Macklin and Woffington were as famous for their achievements on the stage as they were infamous for their activities off it. It draws a selection of the actors' own words with those of their contemporaries and critics.

Lives of Shakespearian Actors, Part IV, Volume 3

Lives of Shakespearian Actors, Part IV, Volume 3
Author: Gail Marshall
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 391
Release: 2024-05-17
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1040129102

Features three female actors who were significant in their development of new and innovative ways of performing Shakespeare.