Acting theory and the English stage, 1700-1830 / edited by Lisa Zunshine.

Facsimile reproductions of publications about acting (e.g. stagecraft manuals) from the early 1700s to the late 1820s.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Volume 1 -- The Life of the Late Famous Comedian, Jo Hayns (1701) / Tobyas Thomas -- An Essay Towards an History of Dancing (1712) / John Weaver -- The Censor (1717) / Lewis Theobald -- The Prompter (1734-6) / Aaron Hill and William Popple -- Thomas Betterton, and Edmund Curll, The History of the English Stage, from the Restoration to the Present Time (1741) / William Oldys -- Human Physiognomy Explained (1747) / James Parsons -- An Essay on the Stage; or, the Art of Acting. A Poem (1754) / Anon. -- Reflections Upon Theatrical Expression in Tragedy (1755) / Roger Pickering -- Volume 2 -- The Theatrical Examiner (1757) -- The Theatrical Review (1757-8) -- A General View of the Stage (1759) / Thomas Wilkes -- The Actor: A Poetical Epistle to Bonnell Thornton (1760) -- The Theatrical Review: or, Annals of the Drama (1763) / Robert Lloyd -- Volume 3 -- Dramatic Genius (1770) / Paul Hiffernan -- The Theatrical Review; or New Companion to the Play-House (1772) -- The Macaroni and Theatrical Magazine (1773) -- The Sentimental Spouter; or, Young Actor's Companion (1774) -- The Elements of Dramatic Criticism (1775) / William Cooke -- 'The Siddoniad ... a Characteristical and Critical Poem' (1784) / Thomas Young -- 'The Modern Stage Exemplified, in an Epistle to a Young Actor' (1788) / Anon. -- The New Thespian Oracle; Containing Original Strictures on Oratory and Acting (1791) / Anon. -- The New Spouter's Companion (1792) / John Palmer -- The Secret History of the Green-Room: Containing Authentic and Entertaining Memoirs of the Actors and Actresses in the Three Theatres Royal (1795) / Joseph Haslewood -- The Dramatic Censor; or Weekly Theatrical Report (1800) -- Volume 4 -- The Theatrical Speaker; or an Elucidation of the Whole Science of Acting (1807) -- The Stranger in England; or, Travels in Great Britain: Containing Remarks on the Politics, Laws, Manners... with Criticisms on the Stage (1807) / Christian Augustus Gottlieb Goede -- The Dramatic Mirror (1808) / Thomas Gilliland -- The Prompter, or Cursory Hints to Young Actors. A Didactic Poem (1810) / Anon. -- The Thespian Preceptor; or, A Full Display of the Scenic Art (1807) / Anon. -- The Dramatic Censor; or, Critical and Biographical Illustration of the British Stage (1811) -- Volume 5 -- Theatrical Inquisitor, or, Literary Mirror (1812-3) -- The Monthly Theatrical Reporter (1814) -- Studies in the Science and Practice of Public Speaking, Reading & Recitation (1817) / Charles Newton -- The Stage: A Poem (1819) / John Brown of Great Yarmouth -- The Road to the Stage; or The Performer's Preceptor (1827) / Thomas Rede -- An Essay on the Science of Acting. By a Veteran Stager (1828) / George Grant.

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