| Sheridan to Robertson: A Study of the Nineteenth Century London Stage Contributor(s): Watson, Ernest Bradlee (Author), Baker, George Pierce (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0548019800 ISBN-13: 9780548019801 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $55.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2007 Annotation: 1926. Contents: London Life and the Stage; Theatrical Monopoly; The London Theaters; Histrionic Development of the Playhouse; The Command of Audiences; Theatrical Management-Causes of Failure; Early Management-Kemble and Elliston: Pioneers of Reform in Management; Macready; Vestris; Conservatism and Transition-Webster, Buckstone, Phelps, and the Younger Kean; The Revolutionists-Fechter and Boucicault: The Stream of Life on the Stage; The Scene; Acting of Poetic Drama; Comic Acting; Acting in Burlesque and the Newer Comedy; Acting of Melodrama; The Robertson Comedy; Beginnings; and At the Prince of Wales's. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
| Physical Information: 1.38" H x 6" W x 9" (2.11 lbs) 540 pages |
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