The actor : or, a treatise on the art of playing. A new work, written by the author of the former, and adapted to the present state of the theatres. Containing impartial observations on the performance, manner, perfections, and defects of Mr. Garrick, Mr. Barry, Mr. Woodward, Mr. Foot, Mr. Havard, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Ryan, Mr. Berry, &c. Mrs. Cibber, Mrs. Pritchard, Miss. Nossiter, Mrs. Gregory, Mrs. Woffington, Mrs. Clive, Mrs. Green, Miss Bellamy, &c. In their several Capital Parts.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hill, John, 1714?-1775.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Acting.

Actors, English.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([2],284,[24]p. )

Other Title:

Actor

Place of Publication:

London : printed for R. Griffiths, at the Dunciad, in Pater-Noster-Row, MDCCLV. [1755]

Notes:

Anonymous. By Dr. John Hill.

Sometimes wrongly attributed to Aaron Hill.

A revision of the 1750 edition, itself an adaptation of P. R. de Sainte-Albin's 'Le comédien'.

With an index and two final advertisement leaves.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T84928.

OCLC:

642715610