Download or read book A collection of play bills of the New theatre royal English opera house Strand 1819 33 written by London Lyceum theatre and published by . This book was released on 1819 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Liverpool Prints and Documents written by Liverpool (England). Public Libraries, Museums, and Art Gallery. Library and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Catalogue written by Pickering & Chatto and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Bloody Tyrants and Little Pickles written by Marlis Schweitzer and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2020-11-02 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bloody Tyrants and Little Pickles traces the theatrical repertoire of a small group of white Anglo-American actresses as they reshaped the meanings of girlhood in Britain, North America, and the British West Indies during the first half of the nineteenth century. It is a study of the possibilities and the problems girl performers presented as they adopted the manners and clothing of boys, entered spaces intended for adults, and assumed characters written for men. It asks why masculine roles like Young Norval, Richard III, Little Pickle, and Shylock came to seem “normal” and “natural” for young white girls to play, and it considers how playwrights, managers, critics, and audiences sought to contain or fix the at-times dangerous plasticity they exhibited both on and off the stage. Schweitzer analyzes the formation of a distinct repertoire for girls in the first half of the nineteenth century, which delighted in precocity and playfulness and offered up a model of girlhood that was similarly joyful and fluid. This evolving repertoire reflected shifting perspectives on girls’ place within Anglo-American society, including where and how they should behave, and which girls had the right to appear at all.

Download or read book A Selection of Choice and Valuable Old Books Offered for Sale with Prices Affixed Selected from the Stock of Pickering Chatto Ltd written by Pickering & Chatto and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 788 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Guide to the loan collection and list of musical instruments manuscripts books paintings and engravings written by International inventions exhibition and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Directory of Rare Book and Special Collections in the UK and Republic of Ireland written by Karen Attar and published by Facet Publishing. This book was released on 2016-05-31 with total page 609 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This directory is a handy on-volume discovery tool that will allow readers to locate rare book and special collections in the British Isles. Fully updated since the second edition was published in 1997. this comprehensive and up-to-date guide encompasses collections held in libraries, archives, museums and private hands. The Directory: Provides a national overview of rare book and special collections for those interested in seeing quickly and easily what a library holds Directs researchers to the libraries most relevant for their research Assists libraries considering acquiring new special collections to assess the value of such collections beyond the institution,showing how they fit into a ‘unique and distinctive’ model. Each entry in the Directory provides background information on the library and its purpose, full contact details, the quantity of early printed books, information about particular subject and language strengths, information about unique works and important acquisitions, descriptions of named special collections and deposited collections. Readership: Researchers, academic liaison librarians and library managers.

Download or read book A collection of play bills cuttings from periodicals views etc relating to the Brunswick Theatre written by Brunswick Theatre (LONDON) and published by . This book was released on 1828 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes manuscript material by William Upcott: "Brunswick Theatre - where I caught a cold which nearly cost me my life. Wm Upcott".

Download or read book Harlequin Empire written by David Worrall and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-09-30 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Under the 1737 Licensing Act, Covent Garden, Dury Lane and regional Theatres Royal held a monopoly on the dramatic canon. This work explores the presentation of foreign cultures and ethnicities on the popular British stage from 1750 to 1840. It argues that this illegitimate stage was the site for a plebeian Enlightenment.

Download or read book A Book of the Play written by Dutton Cook and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-04 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A Book of the Play' by Dutton Cook is a fascinating collection of stories and details about the British theater world from the past and present. With a focus on the smaller, yet equally interesting, aspects of histrionic life, Cook's book provides insight into the playgoers, strolling players, costumes, makeup, and even real horses on stage. Spanning across 36 chapters, this book is a treasure trove of curious anecdotes and little-known facts, taking readers behind the scenes of the theater and into the lives of those who make it all happen.

Download or read book Ira Aldridge The vagabond years 1833 1852 written by Bernth Lindfors and published by University Rochester Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 2 of the first available biography of this great African-American classical actor, covering his emergence as a professional actor in Britain during the years 1833-1852. Ira Aldridge: The Vagabond Years, 1833-1852 deals in depth with the later experiences of one of the modern world's first black classical actors as he toured throughout the United Kingdom impressing audiences with his virtuosity and versatility as an interpreter not only of tragic and comic black roles but also eventually as an actor of classic white Shakespearean parts -- Shylock, Macbeth, Richard III, even Iago. Aldridge was very popular in Ireland and remained there for six years, performing in venues large and small. He traveled often in his own carriage with assistants who supported him in scenes, enabling famous plays to be staged anywhere, even in villages that did not have a proper theater. He also performed periodically in large cities with professional acting companies, and returned to the London stage in 1848, after leaving it fifteen years earlier. During these years he expandedhis repertoire, refined his skills, and gained a reputation as one of Britain's most talented thespians. In dealing with Aldridge's emergence as a professional actor in the United Kingdom, Lindfors here records in detail theups and downs of his itinerant existence in a world where no theatergoer had ever seen anyone like him on stage before. Aldridge was genuinely a unique phenomenon in Britain at a pivotal point in history. Bernth Lindfors is Professor Emeritus of English and African Literatures, University of Texas at Austin, and editor of Ira Aldridge: The African Roscius (University of Rochester Press, 2007).

Download or read book The Politics of the Pantomime written by Jill Alexandra Sullivan and published by Univ of Hertfordshire Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focuses on the variety and independence of pantomime in the provinces, especially Nottingham, Birmingham, and Manchester. Explores official and local censorship and the relationships between local theaters, managers, authors and audiences.

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Download or read book The Playbill and Its People written by Gillian Russell and published by National Library Australia. This book was released on 2011 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2007 a librarian at the Library and Archives Canada Library came across a fragile sheet of paper inserted inside a book. It was the playbill advertising an evening of entertainment that had taken place halfway across the world, over two centuries before. The playbill is the earliest printed document in the history of Australia to be so far discovered and in 2011 it was included on the UNESCO Australian Memory of the World Register. As a piece of ephemera the playbill offers tantalizing glimpses of the social and cultural life of the early colony. What is the significance of the plays performed? Who were the players and their audiences? What kind of theatre did they play in? Gillian Russell answers all of these questions and more, in this fascinating account of the history and significance of the playbill.