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A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Volume 5, Eagan to Garrett: Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers, and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800
Southern Illinois University Press, 1978
eISBN: 978-0-8093-8006-0 | Cloth: 978-0-8093-0832-3
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | REVIEWS
ABOUT THIS BOOK
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. See other books on: Actors | Actresses Musicians Dancers Managers | Biographical Dictionary | Highfill, Philip H | London 1660 - 1800 See other titles from Southern Illinois University Press |
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A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Volume 5, Eagan to Garrett: Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers, and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | REVIEWS
Southern Illinois University Press, 1978
eISBN: 978-0-8093-8006-0
Cloth: 978-0-8093-0832-3
eISBN: 978-0-8093-8006-0
Cloth: 978-0-8093-0832-3
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 THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | REVIEWS
