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Thomas Abthorpe Cooper : father of the American stage 1775-1849 / F. Arant Maginnes.
Van Pelt Library PN2287.C595 M34 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Maginnes, F. Arant, 1936-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cooper, Thomas Abthorpe, 1776-1849.
- Cooper, Thomas Abthorpe.
- Actors--United States--Biography.
- Actors.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 234 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2004]
- Summary:
- Thomas Abthorpe Cooper was the first star of the American stage. The chief transitional figure between the British stage and the American, he contributed greatly to the development of the latter. For three decades after 1797, Cooper performed in major cities and in every state in the Union. This work covers his entire life and career from his birth outside London in 1775, to his famed performance to celebrate the opening of the City of Washington in 1800, to his death in New York in 1849. Much research is drawn from Mr. Cooper's letters to his mentor, English radical philosopher William Godwin. Throughout, there are descriptions of his principal roles at different stages in his career, drawn from contemporary accounts and theatrical reviews. There are also 22 illustrations, from paintings and engravings to playbills and photographs of the sites associated with the actor.
- Contents:
- Part I The Rise to Fame, 1775-1803
- 1 "This Wild Immeasurably Spread"
- 1800 9
- 2 British-Born
- 1775-88 21
- 3 "Aut Caesar aut Nihil"
- 1788-92 25
- 4 "The Die Is Cast"
- 1792-93 34
- 5 "My Fortune Smiles" 42
- An Irish Benefit
- 1793 42
- "A Wretched Set of Mummers"
- 1794 48
- 6 "A Young Gentleman" 55
- Mr. Holcroft
- 1795 55
- First Appearance
- 1795-96 59
- 7 The Wheel of Fortune
- 1796-98 71
- 8 The New House 84
- The Park Debut
- 1798 84
- Andre
- 1799 87
- New Successes
- 1799 89
- 9 "Fame Is My Deity" 92
- New York City
- 1799-1800 92
- Philadelphia
- 1800-01 98
- 10 Rising Returns
- 1801-03 102
- Part II The American Star, 1803-1849
- 11 An American Indeed 111
- Drury Lane
- 1803 111
- The Provinces
- 1803-04 116
- 12 The United States' Star 122
- New York and Philadelphia
- 1804-05 122
- Boston
- 1805-06 125
- The South
- 1806-07 131
- 13 Yankee Ingenuity 137
- Itinerant Star
- 1807-10 137
- "This Glorious Son of York"
- 1810 145
- "A Hearty Welcome"
- 1811-12 150
- 14 The American Roscius
- 1812-19 156
- 15 A Rival 165
- A New Vogue
- 1819-20 165
- "A Triumph to Cooper"
- 1820-21 171
- 16 A New Venue
- 1820-25 175
- 17 Turning Tide 181
- An American Tragedian
- 1825-28 181
- Success and Sorrow
- 1828-33 189
- 18 "The Father of the American Stage"
- 1833-36 196.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-228) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0786419350
- OCLC:
- 55138662
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