| Garrick, Kemble, Siddons, Kean Contributor(s): Holland, Peter (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0826471528 ISBN-13: 9780826471529 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC OUR PRICE: $242.55 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2010 Annotation: A comprehensive critical analysis of the most important Shakespearean critics, editors, actors and directors. This volume concentrates on key actors and directors from the Eighteenth-Century. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Reference |
| Dewey: 792.95 |
| Series: Great Shakespeareans |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (1.00 lbs) 230 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Great Shakespeareans offers a systematic account of those figures who have had the greatest influence on the interpretation, understanding and cultural reception of Shakespeare, both nationally and internationally. In this volume, leading scholars assess the contribution of David Garrick, John Philip Kemble, Sarah Siddons and Edmund Kean to the afterlife and reception of Shakespeare and his plays. Each substantial contribution assesses the double impact of Shakespeare on the figure covered and of the figure on the understanding, interpretation and appreciation of Shakespeare, provide a sketch of their subject's intellectual and professional biography and an account of the wider cultural context, including comparison with other figures or works within the same field. |