| A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Volume 4, Corye to Dynion: Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers, and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-180 Contributor(s): Highfill, Philip H. (Author), Burnim, Kalman A. (Author), Langhans, Edward A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 080930693X ISBN-13: 9780809306930 Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press OUR PRICE: $68.31 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 1975 Annotation: Volumes three and four of this monumen-tal work include full entries for all such illustrious names as those of the Cibbers--Colley, Theophilus, and Susanna Maria--Kitty Clive, and Charlotte Charke, George Colman, the Elder, and the Younger, William Davenant, and De Loutherboug. But here also are full entries for dozens of important secondary figures and of minor ones whose stories have never been told, as well as a census (and at least a few recoverable facts) for even the most inconsiderable performers and servants of the theatres. As in the previous volumes in this dis-tinguished series, the accompanying illus-trations include at least one picture of each subject for whom a portrait exists. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Entertainment & Performing Arts - Biography & Autobiography | Reference |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 71157068 |
| Series: Corye to Dynion |
| Physical Information: 1.64" H x 7.31" W x 10.05" (2.90 lbs) 576 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Volumes three and four of this monumental work include full entries for all such illustrious names as those of the Cibbers--Colley, Theophilus, and Susanna Maria--Kitty Clive, and Charlotte Charke, George Colman, the Elder, and the Younger, William Davenant, and De Loutherboug. But here also are full entries for dozens of important secondary figures and of minor ones whose stories have never been told, as well as a census (and at least a few recoverable facts) for even the most inconsiderable performers and servants of the theatres. As in the previous volumes in this distinguished series, the accompanying illustrations include at least one picture of each subject for whom a portrait exists. |