The Cult of Kean

ISBN-13: 9780815397595 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 204 str.

Jeffrey Kahan

Opis

A Shakespearean actor who made his career on the public stage, whose sex life was known and discussed in Britain, America and France, Edmund Kean has inspired numerous writings, many biographies among them

Spis treści

Contents: Introduction; Bare-knuckle Kean; 'The throne is mine and I will maintain it at any cost': Kean's power over the Regency stage; Kean and the French (sexual) revolution; Kean as comedy; Kean and Mr. Keene; Playing Kean playing Kean; The final curtain?; Bibliography; Index.

O autorze

Jeffrey Kahan