9780809315260

Book Description: University of Chicago press. Book Condition: New. New, This item can not be shipped Internationl. Bookseller Inventory # 0809315262

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Book Description: Southern Illinois University Press, United States, 1991. Hardback. Book Condition: New. 267 x 184 mm. Brand New Book with Free Worldwide Delivery. Like the works already published, these latest volumes of the Biographical Dictionary deal with theatre people of every ilk, ranging from dressers and one-performance actors to trumpeter John Shore (inventor of the tuning fork) and the incomparable Sarah Siddons.Also prominent is Susanna Rowson, a novelist, actress, and early female playwright. Although born into a British military family, Rowson often wrote plays that dealt with patriotic American themes and spent much of her career on the American stage.The theatrical jewel of these volumes is the "divine Sarah" Siddons: "She raised the tragedy to the skies," wrote William Hazlitt, and "embodied to our imagination the fables of mythology, of the heroic and dignified mortals of elder time." She endured much tragedy herself, including a crippling debilitating illness and the deaths of five of her seven children. Siddons played major roles in both comedy and tragedy, not the least of which was a performance as Hamlet. Bookseller Inventory # AAN9780809315260

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Book Description: Southern Illinois University Press. Book Condition: New. Like the works already published, these latest volumes of the Biographical Dictionary deal with theatre people of every ilk, ranging from dressers and one-performance actors to trumpeter John Shore (inventor of the tuning fork) and the incomparable Sarah Siddons.Also prominent is Susanna Rowson, a novelist, actress, and early female playwright. Although born into a British military family, Rowson often wrote plays that dealt with patriotic American themes and spent much of her career on the American stage.The theatrical jewel of these volumes is the "divine Sarah" Siddons: "She raised the tragedy to the skies," wrote William Hazlitt, and "embodied to our imagination the fables of mythology, of the heroic and dignified mortals of elder time." She endured much tragedy herself, including a crippling debilitating illness and the deaths of five of her seven children. Siddons played major roles in both comedy and tragedy, not the least of which was a performance as Hamlet."This multi-volume work is one of the most important reference aids to be published on the English theatre of the Res toration and eighteenth-century.?—American Reference Books Annual"An indispensable reference.?—The English Association"A reference set of the first importance.?—The Eighteenth CenturyPhilip H. Highfill, Jr., is professor of English emeritus at George Washington University.Kalman A. Burnim is Fletcher Professor of Drama emeritus at Tufts University.Edward A. Langhans is professor of drama and theatre emeritus at the University of Hawaii. Brand NEW unread book. Hard cover bound book. Bookseller Inventory # 9780809315260

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Book Description: Southern Illinois University Press. Hardback. Book Condition: new. BRAND NEW, A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers & Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800, Philip H. Highfill, Kalman A. Burnim, Edward A. Langhans. Bookseller Inventory # B9780809315260

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Book Description: Southern Illinois Univ Pr, 1991. Hardcover. Book Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 444 pages. 10.50x7.25x1.50 inches. In Stock. Bookseller Inventory # __0809315262

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