Adrienne Lecouvreur
Author : Eugène Scribe
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Page : 96 pages
File Size : 14,43 MB
Release : 1855
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Author : Eugène Scribe
Publisher :
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 14,43 MB
Release : 1855
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Author : Burton D Fisher
Publisher : Opera Journeys Publishing
Page : 21 pages
File Size : 37,77 MB
Release :
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 1102041610
Burton D. Fisher's extremely popular Mini Guides feature Principal Characters in the Opera, Brief Story Synopsis, Story Narrative with Music Highlight Examples, and an insightful and in depth Commentary and Analysis of the opera.
Author : Virginia Scott
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : pages
File Size : 17,33 MB
Release : 2010-07-08
Category : Drama
ISBN : 1139491644
Focusing on actresses in France during the early modern period, Virginia Scott examines how the stereotype of the actress has been constructed. The study then moves beyond that stereotype to detail the reality of the personal and artistic lives of women on the French stage, from the almost unknown Marie Ferré - who signed a contract for 12 livres a year in 1545 to perform the 'antiquailles de Rome or other histories, moralities, farces, and acrobatics' in the provinces - to the queens of the eighteenth-century Paris stage, whose 'adventures' have overshadowed their artistic triumphs. The book also investigates the ways in which actresses made invaluable contributions to the development of the French theatre in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and looks at the 'afterlives' of such women as Armande Béjart, Marquise Du Parc, Charlotte Desmares, Adrienne Lecouvreur, and Hippolyte Clairon in biographies, plays, and films.
Author : Charles Edward Cutts Birch Appleton
Publisher :
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 49,35 MB
Release : 1880
Category : Literature
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Author : Dutton Cook
Publisher :
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 47,23 MB
Release : 1883
Category : English drama
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Author : Arthur Bingham Walkley
Publisher :
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 43,68 MB
Release : 1908
Category : Drama
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Author : Karl Mantzius
Publisher :
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 10,93 MB
Release : 1909
Category : Theater
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Page : 370 pages
File Size : 29,1 MB
Release : 1908
Category : Music
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Author : Patricia Marks
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 40,60 MB
Release : 2003-03-13
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786414956
On October 15, 1880, with great excitement and fanfare, two Sarah Bernhardts set sail for New York from Le Havre for a theatrical tour of the United States. One wanted to introduce French culture to a backward country, and the other wanted to make money. As an actress, she behaved in a fashion that amused and scandalized her audiences, and as a woman, she was an unwed mother and a shrewd businessperson. Bernhardt's multiple personas and "otherness" were what fascinated the American public; her name, her eccentricities, and her genius had already made her world famous. Sarah Bernhardt's first American theatrical tour, from her arrival in 1880 to her return to Europe in May 1881, is chronicled here. She traveled as far west as Kansas City and as far south as New Orleans, all the while sparking cultural commentary about her performances, her artwork, and her lifestyle. This book provides an overview of the contemporary reviews, caricatures and satires, considers Bernhardt's reception by the American press and American audiences, and discusses the way in which the Bernhardt iconography was created and the assumptions that underlie it.
Author : Henry Sutherland Edwards
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Page : 348 pages
File Size : 14,92 MB
Release : 1862
Category : Opera
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