Westland Marston

Our Recent Actors 2 Volume Set

Being Recollections Critical, And, in Many Cases, Personal, of Late Distinguished Performers of Both Sexes

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Marston's 1888 tribute to his love of the theatre describes the most inspiring actors and performances of the nineteenth century.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 644
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 217mm x 140mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 898g
• ISBN-13: 9781108047685
• ISBN-10: 1108047688
• Artikelnr.: 35451029

Inhaltsangabe

Volume 1: Dedication
Preface
1. Early acquaintance with London theatres - Denvil, Vandenhoff, and other actors
2. Macready, and others of his contemporaries
3. Macready - conclusion
4. Mr Charles Kemble
5. Mr William Farren, the elder
6. Mr and Mrs Kean
7. Mrs Charles Kean
8. Mr Benjamin Webster
9. Mrs Glover
10. Mrs Warner. Volume 2: 1. Mr Samuel Phelps
2. The Sadler's Wells Company in general
3. Miss Charlotte Cushman
4. Mr John B. Buckstone, Mr Robert Keeley, and Mr Henry Compton
5. Mr Sheridan Knowles
6. Madame Vestris (Mrs C. J. Mathews)
7. Mrs Nisbett (Lady Boothby)
8. Mr Charles Mathews
9. Mr G. V. Brooke
10. Mr Charles Dillon
11. Mr Charles Fechter
12. Mr Edward Askew Sothern
13. Miss Lilian Adelaide Neilson
14. Mr Alfred Wigan, and Mr F. Robson
15. Mademoiselle Rachel
16. General recollections.