Heather Ladd, Leslie Ritchie, Máire Macneill, Chelsea Phillips, Nevena Martinovic

Broschiertes Buch

English Theatrical Anecdotes, 1660-1800

Beschreibung

English Theatrical Anecdotes, 1660-1800 explores the theatrical anecdoteâ s role in the construction of stage fame in Englandâ s emergent celebrity culture during the long eighteenth century, as well as the challenges of employing anecdotes in theatre scholarship today. Chapters in this book discuss anecdotes about actors, actresses, musicians, and other theatre people.

Autor

HEATHER LADD is a former associate professor in the Department of English at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta, Canada. She is the co-editor of this collection and has published on many eighteenth-century writers, including Charlotte Smith, Ann Radcliffe, John Gay, Thomas D’Urfey, and Elizabeth Craven. She is now located in Vancouver, British Columbia. LESLIE RITCHIE is a professor of English at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. She is the author of David Garrick and the Mediation of Celebrity  and Women Writing Music in Late Eighteenth-Century England: Social Harmony in Literature and Performance.

Produktdetails

• Performing Celebrity
• Verlag: University of Delaware Press
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juni 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 410g
• ISBN-13: 9781644532607
• ISBN-10: 1644532603
• Artikelnr.: 62568130