A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Volume 6, Garrick to Gyngell: Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers, and Other Stage Personnel in London . Dictionary of Actors & Actresses, 1660-1800)

Highfill Jr PhD, Professor Philip H; Burnim PhD, Professor Kalman A; Langhans, Edward A.

ISBN 10: 0809308339 / ISBN 13: 9780809308330

Published by Southern Illinois University Press, 1978

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Volume 6, Garrick to Gyngell: Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers, and Other Stage Personnel in London . Dictionary of Actors & Actresses, 1660-1800)
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Publication Date: 1978
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0809308339
• ISBN 13: 9780809308330
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

In contrast to each other, Volume 5 is a sociological portrait of mostly little people in their tragic and comic efforts to achieve fame on the London stage during the Restoration and eighteenth century, whereas Volume 6 is dom­inated by the glamour of David Gar­rick, Nell Gwyn, and Joseph Grimaldi, the celebrated clown. Some 250 por­traits individualize the great and small of the theatres of London.

About the Author

Philip H. Highfill, Jr., is a professor emeritus of English at George Washington University.

Kalman A. Burnim is emeritus Fletcher Professor of Drama at Tufts University.

Edward A. Langhans is an emeritus professor of drama and theatre at the University of Hawaii.