Essays on the Eighteenth-Century English Stage

ISBN-13: 9780367445096 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 202 str.

Kenneth R. Richards; Peter Thomson

Opis

The eighteenth century produced more inventive actors than fine dramatists, and it displayed its actors to increasing advantage as theatre management became more expert, and stage design more ambitious. Originally published in 1972, the eleven papers collected in this title follow this historical emphasis.

Spis treści

Introduction.  Members of the Symposium.  1. Terence and Steele Malcolm Kelsall  2. The Songs and Tunes in Henry Fielding’s Ballad Operas Edgar V. Roberts  3. ‘The Just Delineation of the Passions’: Theories of Acting in the Age of Garrick George Taylor  4. William Powell – A Forgotten Star Kathleen Barker  5. John Rich’s Contribution to the Eighteenth-Century London Stage Paul Sawyer  6. Thomas Harris and the Covent Garden Theatre Cecil Price  7. George Frederick Cooke: the Actor and the Man Arnold Hare  8. Stephen Kemble’s Management of the Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne K.E. Robinson  9. John Philip Kemble’s ‘King Lear’ of 1795 David Rostron  10. Landscape in English Scenery in the Eighteenth Century Sybil Rosenfeld  11. Sir James Thornhill and the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, 1705 Graham Barlow.  Plates.

O autorze

Kenneth Richards and Peter Thomson (Eds)