Jack in office; containing remarks on Mr. Braham's address to the public, with a full and impartial consideration of Mr. Kemble's conduct with respect to the above gentleman
Title | Jack in office; containing remarks on Mr. Braham's address to the public, with a full and impartial consideration of Mr. Kemble's conduct with respect to the above gentleman PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas Gilliland |
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Pages | 52 |
Release | 1804 |
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A bibliographical account of English theatrical literature from the earliest times
Title | A bibliographical account of English theatrical literature from the earliest times PDF eBook |
Author | Robert William Lowe |
Publisher | |
Pages | 434 |
Release | 1888 |
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Shakespeare in the Theatre: Sarah Siddons and John Philip Kemble
Title | Shakespeare in the Theatre: Sarah Siddons and John Philip Kemble PDF eBook |
Author | Fiona Ritchie |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 265 |
Release | 2022-11-03 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 1350073296 |
Siblings Sarah Siddons (1755–1831) and John Philip Kemble (1757–1823) were the most famous British actors of the late-18th and early-19th centuries. Through their powerful acting and meticulous conceptualisation of Shakespeare's characters and their worlds, they created iconic interpretations of Shakespeare's major roles that live on in our theatrical and cultural memory. This book examines the actors' long careers on the London stage, from Siddons's debut in 1782 to Kemble's retirement in 1817, encompassing Kemble's time as theatre manager, when he sought to foreground their strengths as Shakespearean performers in his productions. Over the course of more than thirty years, Siddons and Kemble appeared opposite one another in many Shakespeare plays, including King John, Henry VIII, Coriolanus and Macbeth. The actors had to negotiate two major Shakespeare scandals: the staging of Vortigern – a fake Shakespearean play – in 1796 and the Old Price Riots of 1809, during which the audience challenged Siddons's and Kemble's perceived attempts to control Shakespeare. Fiona Ritchie examines the siblings' careers, focusing on their collaborations, as well as placing Siddons's and Kemble's Shakespeare performances in the context of contemporary 18th- and 19th-century drama. The volume not only offers a detailed consideration of London theatre, but also explores the importance of provincial performance to the actors, notably in the case of Hamlet – a role in which both appeared across Britain and in Ireland.
Catalogue ... of the Literary and Artistic Property of the Late Evert Jansen Wendell
Title | Catalogue ... of the Literary and Artistic Property of the Late Evert Jansen Wendell PDF eBook |
Author | Evert Jansen Wendell |
Publisher | |
Pages | 662 |
Release | 1919 |
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Catalogue in Six Parts, Of...the Literary and Artistic Properties of the Late Evert Jansen Wendell Other Than that Taken by Harvard University...
Title | Catalogue in Six Parts, Of...the Literary and Artistic Properties of the Late Evert Jansen Wendell Other Than that Taken by Harvard University... PDF eBook |
Author | Evert Jansen Wendell |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1304 |
Release | 1919 |
Genre | America |
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Catalogue in Six Parts ... of the Literary and Artistic Property of the Late Evert Jansen Wendell
Title | Catalogue in Six Parts ... of the Literary and Artistic Property of the Late Evert Jansen Wendell PDF eBook |
Author | Evert Jansen Wendell |
Publisher | |
Pages | 418 |
Release | 1919 |
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Catalog of Printed Books of the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C.
Title | Catalog of Printed Books of the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C. PDF eBook |
Author | Folger Shakespeare Library |
Publisher | |
Pages | 698 |
Release | 1970 |
Genre | English literature |
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