Volume 8 discusses, among others, the careers of Charles Incledon, the English Ballad-Singer, boxing champion of England, Gentleman John Jackson, and members of the famous Kemble family Charles, Maria Theresa, Frances, Henry, John Philip, Priscilla, Elizabeth, Roger, and Stephen."
Volume 8 discusses, among others, the careers of Charles Incledon, the English Ballad-Singer, boxing champion of England, Gentleman John Jackson, and ...
Philip H. Highfill Kalman A. Burnim Edward A. Langhans
Volumes three and four of this monumental work include full entries for all such illustrious names as those of the CibbersColley, Theophilus, and Susanna MariaKitty 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...
Volumes three and four of this monumental work include full entries for all such illustrious names as those of the CibbersColley, Theophilus, and Susa...
Like the works already published, these latest volumes of the "Biographical Dictionary "deal with theatre people of every ilk, ranging from dressers and one-performance actors to trumpeter John Shore (inventor of the tuning fork) and the incomparable Sarah Siddons.
Also prominent is Susanna Rowson, a novelist, actress, and early female playwright. Although born into a British military family, Rowson often wrote plays that dealt with patriotic American themes and spent much of her career on the American stage.
The theatrical jewel of these volumes is the "divine Sarah" Siddons: "She...
Like the works already published, these latest volumes of the "Biographical Dictionary "deal with theatre people of every ilk, ranging from dresser...
