TY  - BOOK
AU  - Zunshine,Lisa
TI  - Acting theory and the English stage, 1700-1830
SN  - 1851969012
AV  - PN2061 .A32 2009
U1  - 792.028094209033 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - London, Brookfield, Vt.
PB  - Pickering & Chatto
KW  - Acting
KW  - History
KW  - 18th century
KW  - Sources
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Theater
KW  - England
KW  - Civilization
KW  - Social life and customs
N1  - 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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