Letters from David Garrick to William Julius Mickle
Author : David Garrick
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File Size : 10,27 MB
Release : 1769
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Author : David Garrick
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Page : pages
File Size : 10,27 MB
Release : 1769
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Author : William Julius Mickle
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Page : pages
File Size : 14,70 MB
Release : 1762
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Author : William Julius Mickle
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Page : pages
File Size : 48,28 MB
Release : 1781
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Author : William Julius Mickle
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Page : pages
File Size : 14,21 MB
Release : 1762
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Author : Norman S. Poser
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 26,65 MB
Release : 2018-09-20
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0429820038
The Birth of Modern Theatre: Rivalry, Riots, and Romance in the Age of Garrick is a vivid description of the eighteenth-century London theatre scene—a time when the theatre took on many of the features of our modern stage. A natural and psychologically based acting style replaced the declamatory style of an earlier age. The theatres were mainly supported by paying audiences, no longer by royal or noble patrons. The press determined the success or failure of a play or a performance. Actors were no longer shunned by polite society, some becoming celebrities in the modern sense. The dominant figure for thirty years was David Garrick, actor, theatre manager and playwright, who, off the stage, charmed London with his energy, playfulness, and social graces. No less important in defining eighteenth-century theatre were its audiences, who considered themselves full-scale participants in theatrical performances; if they did not care for a play, an actor, or ticket prices, they would loudly make their wishes known, sometimes starting a riot. This book recounts the lives—and occasionally the scandals—of the actors and theatre managers and weaves them into the larger story of the theatre in this exuberant age, setting the London stage and its leading personalities against the background of the important social, cultural, and economic changes that shaped eighteenth-century Britain. The Birth of Modern Theatre brings all of this together to describe a moment in history that sowed the seeds of today’s stage.
Author : William Julius Mickle
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Page : pages
File Size : 22,67 MB
Release : 1784
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Author : David Garrick
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Page : 520 pages
File Size : 46,33 MB
Release : 1963
Category : Actors
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Author : David C. Sutton
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Page : 544 pages
File Size : 24,92 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Author : James Boswell
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Page : 300 pages
File Size : 29,99 MB
Release : 1924
Category : Authors, Scottish
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Author : James Boswell
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Page : 522 pages
File Size : 25,71 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Actors
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