Lives of Shakespearian Actors: Pt. II: Edmund Kean, Sarah Siddons and Harriet Smithson by Their Contemporaries: Edmund Kean, Sarah Siddons and John ... Smithson by Their Contemporaries: Pt. 2

by JimDavis (Editor), PeterRaby (Editor), Gail Marshall (Editor), TetsuoKishi (Editor), Lisa Freeman (Editor)

• New

  Hardcover
  2009

  $590.94

  During the eighteenth century, theatrical writing developed as a genre. The publishing market responded to a seemingly insatiable appetite for accounts of the personalities, social lives and performances of celebrated entertainers. This series features actors who were significant in their development of new ways of performing Shakespeare.