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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Stage history -- England -- London.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Stage history -- 1625-1800.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Stage history -- 1800-1950.
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Garrick, David, 1717-1779 -- Performances.
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Garrick, David, 1717-1779 -- Influence.
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Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831 -- Performances.
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| Descript |
1 online resource (xiv, 228 pages) |
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online resource nc |
| Contents |
Introduction: the actor -- Against loss -- The chronology of Garrick -- Theatrical time -- Celebrating performance -- Black Garrick versus Richard III -- Aphra Behn and the memory of Othello -- Becoming Richard, becoming Othello -- Garrick, ascendant -- Hamlet, David Garrick, and Laurence Sterne -- Garrick and the immortality of the stage -- Theatrical Tristram -- Garrick's autopsy, "Yorick's" skull -- Retelling The winter's tale -- The return of Leontes -- "Perdita" Robinson and the burden of the past -- Reanimating Lady Macbeth -- Siddons and the memory of Garrick -- The merchant of Venice and memorial debts -- "Shakespeare's" Shylock -- Clive's Portia -- Trial by theater and tradition -- Macklin's exit, Garrick's stage -- Shakespeare, retired -- Garrick's farewell -- Siddons, offstage -- Mourning performance. |
| ISBN |
9780472124121 (electronic book) |
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0472124129 (electronic book) |
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0472130935 |
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9780472130931 |
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9780472130931 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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0472902369 (electronic bk.) |
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9780472902361 (electronic bk.) |
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10.3998/mpub.9793696 doi |
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