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- catalog abstract ""An interest in actors and acting has been a common theme in Peter Thomson's published work on Shakespeare, Brecht and British theatre from the middle ages to the present. This collection of his essays on that theme are divided into three sections. The first centres on Elizabethan theatre practice; acting styles, the art of making an entrance on the open stage, rehearsal practices, the impact of the jig, and the peculiar histories of William Knell, Augustine Phillips and Will Kemp. The second section highlights themes, episodes and the contemporary taste that determined the 'greatness' of David Garrick, Frederick Robson, John Philip Kemble, Edmund Kean and Henry Irving during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in England. The conspicuous concern with marriage in the eighteenth-century drama is placed in the context of Hardwicke's 1753 Marriage Act and the consequences of the 1603 legislation on bigamy, and the ambitious experiment of Arthur Murphy and Samuel Foote at Drury Lane in 1761 is scrutinised. The third section focuses on twentieth-century performances of Shakespeare - at Stratford in the 1970s and in the New Globe as the new century begins."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12079043.
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""An interest in actors and acting has been a common theme in Peter Thomson's published work on Shakespeare, Brecht and British theatre from the middle ages to the present. This collection of his essays on that theme are divided into three sections. The first centres on Elizabethan theatre practice; acting styles, the art of making an entrance on the open stage, rehearsal practices, the impact of the jig, and the peculiar histories of William Knell, Augustine Phillips and Will Kemp. The second section highlights themes, episodes and the contemporary taste that determined the 'greatness' of David Garrick, Frederick Robson, John Philip Kemble, Edmund Kean and Henry Irving during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in England. The conspicuous concern with marriage in the eighteenth-century drama is placed in the context of Hardwicke's 1753 Marriage Act and the consequences of the 1603 legislation on bigamy, and the ambitious experiment of Arthur Murphy and Samuel Foote at Drury Lane in 1761 is scrutinised. The third section focuses on twentieth-century performances of Shakespeare - at Stratford in the 1970s and in the New Globe as the new century begins."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1. The Elizabethan actor: a matter of temperament -- 2. Making an entrance: from Chaucer to Tarlton -- 3. The missing jig -- 4. Three Elizabethan actors -- 5. A note on Elizabethan rehearsal -- 6. Bigamy and theatre -- 7. David Garrick: alive in every muscle -- 8. Summer company: Drury Lane in 1761 -- 9. Edmund Kean versus John Philip Kemble -- 10. Frederick Robson: 'a downright good actor' -- 11. Irving and the Lyceum: volcano and cathedral -- 12. Shakespeare at Stratfor: 1970-1975 -- 13. The New Globe: monument or portent?".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 211 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0859896714".
- catalog isPartOf "Exeter performance studies".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Exeter : University of Exeter Press,".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain".
- catalog subject "792.0280941 21".
- catalog subject "Acting History.".
- catalog subject "Actors Great Britain Biography.".
- catalog subject "Actors Great Britain History.".
- catalog subject "PN2581 .T49 2000".
- catalog subject "Theater Great Britain History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. The Elizabethan actor: a matter of temperament -- 2. Making an entrance: from Chaucer to Tarlton -- 3. The missing jig -- 4. Three Elizabethan actors -- 5. A note on Elizabethan rehearsal -- 6. Bigamy and theatre -- 7. David Garrick: alive in every muscle -- 8. Summer company: Drury Lane in 1761 -- 9. Edmund Kean versus John Philip Kemble -- 10. Frederick Robson: 'a downright good actor' -- 11. Irving and the Lyceum: volcano and cathedral -- 12. Shakespeare at Stratfor: 1970-1975 -- 13. The New Globe: monument or portent?".
- catalog title "On actors and acting / Peter Thomson.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".