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Great Shakespeare actors
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Great Shakespeare Actors offers a series of essays on great Shakespeare actors from his time to ours, starting by asking whether Shakespeare himself was the first--the answer is No--and continuing with essays on the men and women who have given great stage performances in his plays from Elizabethan times to our own. They include both English and American performers such as David Garrick, Sarah Siddons, Charlotte Cushman, Ira Aldridge, Edwin Booth, HenryIrving, Ellen Terry, Edith Evans, Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, Peggy Ashcroft, Janet Suzman, Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, and
| Title |
Great Shakespeare actors : Burbage to Branagh / Stanley Wells. |
|---|---|
| Edition |
First edition. |
| Publisher |
Oxford, England : Oxford University Press |
| Creation Date |
2015 |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record. Includes bibliographical references and index. English |
| Content |
Cover Great Shakespeare Actors: Burbage to Branagh Copyright Dedication Preface and Acknowledgements Contents List of Illustrations Introduction Prelude: William Shakespeare 1: Richard Burbage 2: Will Kemp 3: Robert Armin 4: Thomas Betterton 5: Charles Macklin 6: David Garrick Who Was the First Great Shakespeare Actress? 7: Sarah Siddons 8: George Frederick Cooke 9: John Philip Kemble 10: Dora Jordan 11: Edmund Kean 12: William Charles Macready 13: Helen Faucit Who Was the First Great American Shakespeare Actor? 14: Ira Aldridge 15: Charlotte Cushman 16: Edwin Booth 17: Henry Irving18: Ellen Terry 19: Tommaso Salvini Times of Change 20: Edith Evans 21: Sybil Thorndike 22: Charles Laughton 23: Donald Wolfit 24: Ralph Richardson 25: John Gielgud 26: Laurence Olivier 27: Peggy Ashcroft 28: Michael Redgrave 29: Paul Scofield 30: Donald Sinden 31: Richard Pasco 32: Ian Richardson 33: Judi Dench 34: Derek Jacobi 35: Ian McKellen 36: Janet Suzman 37: Antony Sher 38: Simon Russell Beale 39: Kenneth Branagh Endnotes Prelude 1. Richard Burbage 2. Will Kemp 3. Robert ARmin 4. Thomas Betterton 5. Charles Macklin 6. David GarrickWho Was the First Great Shakespeare Actress? 7. Sarah Siddons 8. George FrederIck Cooke 9. John Philip Kemble 10. Dora Jordan 11. Edmund Kean 12. William Charles Macready 13. Helen Faucit 14. IRa Aldridge 15. Charlotte Cushman 16. Edwin Booth 17. Henry Irving 18. Ellen Terry 19. Tommaso Salvini 20. Edith Evans 21. Sybil Thorndike 22. Charles Laughton 23. Donald Wolfit 24. Ralph Richardson 25. John Gielgud 26. Laurence Olivier 27. Peggy Ashcroft 28. Michael Redgrave 29. Paul Scofield 30. Donald Sinden31. Richard Pasco 32. Ian Richardson 33. Judi Dench 34. Derek Jacobi 35. Ian McKellen 36. Janet Suzman 37. Antony Sher 38. Simon Russell Beale 39. Kenneth Branagh Select Bibliography and Further Reading Theatre Criticism Life Writings Other Works Index |
| Extent |
1 online resource (323 p.) |
| Language |
English |
| Copyright Date |
©2015 |
| National Library system number |
997010711641805171 |
MARC RECORDS
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