The Young Spouter, Being a New Collection of Prologues and Epilogues
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Page : 130 pages
File Size : 12,2 MB
Release : 1790
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Cruelty and Laughter
Author : Simon Dickie
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 18,55 MB
Release : 2011-12
Category : History
ISBN : 0226146189
Book Description
A rollicking review of popular culture in 18th century Britain this text turns away from sentimental and polite literature to focus instead on the jestbooks, farces, comic periodicals variety shows and minor comic novels that portray a society in which no subject was taboo and political correctness unimagined.
Women's Theatrical Memoirs, Part II vol 9
Author : Sue McPherson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 49,29 MB
Release : 2024-10-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1040247806
Book Description
By the close of the eighteenth century, the theatrical memoir had become a popular and established genre. This ten-volume facsimile collection presents the lives of some of the most celebrated actresses of their day. These memoirs also provide insights into contemporary constructions of gender, sexuality and fame.
Acting Theory and the English Stage, 1700-1830 Volume 3
Author : Lisa Zunshine
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 31,57 MB
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1351577638
Book Description
During the eighteenth century, treatises on the science of elocution, gesture and naturalness abounded. This title draws together a representative selection of the most difficult-to-access texts in the period. It helps cultural historians to examine the place of stagecraft in the eighteenth-century imagination.
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
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Page : 776 pages
File Size : 35,44 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Union catalogs
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Catalog of Printed Books of the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C.
Author : Folger Shakespeare Library
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Page : 688 pages
File Size : 46,23 MB
Release : 1970
Category : English literature
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The Spouter's Companion
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Page : 132 pages
File Size : 42,33 MB
Release : 1772
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Shakespeare's Accents
Author : Sonia Massai
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 42,15 MB
Release : 2020-04-09
Category : Drama
ISBN : 1108429629
Book Description
A history of the reception of Shakespeare on the English stage focusing on the vocal dimensions of theatrical performance.
A Catalogue of Books, for the Year 1803
Author : Lackington, firm, booksellers, London
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Page : 646 pages
File Size : 17,70 MB
Release : 1803
Category : Booksellers' catalogs
ISBN :
Book Description
The Juvenile Roscius: Or, Spouter's Amusement. Being a Collection of Original Prologues, Epilogues, Dramatic Dialogues, Comic Lectures, Burlesque Scenes, Imitations, &c
Author : ROSCIUS
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Page : 44 pages
File Size : 19,12 MB
Release : 1770
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