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The image of the actor : verbal and visual representation in the age of Garrick and Kemble / Shearer West.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- West, Shearer.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Acting--History--18th century.
- Acting.
- Theater and society--Great Britain--History--18th century.
- Theater and society.
- Theater--Great Britain--History--18th century.
- Theater.
- History.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 191 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : St. Martin's Press, 1991.
- Summary:
- This scholarly synthesis questions the literal acceptance of evidence by theater historians in their interpretations of eighteenth-century theatrical portraits, criticism, biography, and theory.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [174]-182) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0312057385
- OCLC:
- 22734850
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