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Author: Warren Oakley
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 2018-08-31
Total Pages: 223
ISBN-13: 1526129140
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This is the first biography of Thomas Harris: confidant of George III, ‘spin doctor’, philanthropist, sexual suspect, brothel owner, and the man who controlled Covent Garden theatre for nearly five decades.
Author: Warren Oakley
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Published: 2018
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ISBN-13: 9781526129130
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: William Perkes Swainson
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Published: 1922
Total Pages: 84
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Amy Garnai
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2023-01-13
Total Pages: 159
ISBN-13: 1684484456
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A key figure in British literary circles following the French Revolution, novelist and playwright Thomas Holcroft promoted ideas of reform and equality informed by the philosophy of his close friend William Godwin. Arrested for treason in 1794 and released without trial, Holcroft was notorious in his own time, but today appears mainly as a supporting character in studies of 1790s literary activism. Thomas Holcroft’s Revolutionary Drama authoritatively reintroduces and reestablishes this central figure of the revolutionary decade by examining his life, plays, memoirs, and personal correspondence. In engaging with theatrical censorship, apostacy, and the response of audiences and critics to radical drama, this thoughtful study also demonstrates how theater functions in times of political repression. Despite his struggles, Holcroft also had major successes: this book examines his surprisingly robust afterlife, as his plays, especially The Road to Ruin, were repeatedly revived worldwide in the nineteenth century.
Author: Robert Leach
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-12-21
Total Pages: 760
ISBN-13: 0429873360
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An Illustrated History of British Theatre and Performance chronicles the history and development of theatre from the Roman era to the present day. As the most public of arts, theatre constantly interacts with changing social, political and intellectual movements and ideas, and Robert Leach’s masterful work restores to the foreground of this evolution the contributions of women, gay people and ethnic minorities, as well as the theatres of the English regions, and of Wales and Scotland. Highly illustrated chapters trace the development of theatre through major plays from each period; evaluations of playwrights; contemporary dramatic theory; acting and acting companies; dance and music; the theatre buildings themselves; and the audience, while also highlighting enduring features of British theatre, from comic gags to the use of props. This first volume spans from the earliest forms of performance to the popular theatres of high society and the Enlightenment, tracing a movement from the outdoor and fringe to the heart of the social world. The Illustrated History acts as an accessible, flexible basis for students of the theatre, and for pure fans of British theatre history there could be no better starting point.
Author: Thomas Harris
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Published: 1989
Total Pages: 0
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Ephraim Harris, was born in 1732 in Fairfield Township, New Jersey. He married Jane Pierson (1731-1778) in 1755. They had seven children including Thomas Harris (b. 1759).
Author: Richard Findlater
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1979-02-15
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780521222211
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Elizabeth Inchbald
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 1998-09-10
Total Pages: 455
ISBN-13: 0191605670
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →When Miss Milner announces her passion for her guardian, a Catholic priest, she breaks through the double barrier of religious vocation and society's standards of `proper' womanly behaviour. Her love is legitimized when Dorriforth is released from his vows, but she finds her own unorthodox nature cannot conform to a marriage where her husband continues to be a stern moral guide. With a surenees of touch that prefigures Jane Austen, Elizabeth Inchbald shows that there is no simple answer to their predicament, and that their conflict can only be resolved in the next generation. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
