Shakspere to Sheridan : A Book About the Theatre of Yesterday and To-day / Alwin Thaler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thaler, Alwin, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Actors.

English drama.

Theater, Tanz.

Theater.

Actors--England.

English drama--History and criticism.

Theater--England--History.

Local Subjects:

Actors--England.

English drama--History and criticism.

Theater--England--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (357 p.): 1 Frontispiz

Edition:

Reprint 2014

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Excerpt from Shakspere to Sheridan: A Book About the Theatre of Yesterday and to-Day The stage direction (act 11, scene I) reads: The Scene opened, is represented the Prospect of a large River, with a glorious Fleet of Ships: supposed to be the Navy of Muley Hamet. See No. 28. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

List of Illustrations

Old lamps and new

The Playwrights

The players

The Managers

The Theatres and the Court

The Playhouses

Appendix I

Appendix II

Appendix III

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-674-60042-8

OCLC:

1013962482