James Boaden

Memoirs of the Life of John Philip Kemble, Esq. 2 Volume Set

Including a History of the Stage, from the Time of Garrick to the Present Period

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Produktbeschreibung

Published in 1825, this two-volume theatrical biography was described by Sir Walter Scott as 'grave, critical, full and laudably accurate'.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 1132
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 145mm x 69mm
• Gewicht: 1320g
• ISBN-13: 9781108064941
• ISBN-10: 1108064949
• Artikelnr.: 39536264

Inhaltsangabe

Volume 1: Introduction
Part I: 1. Preliminary reflections
2. His York engagement
3. Mr Kemble arrives in town
4. Covent Garden
5. Mr Kemble's first appearance in London
6. Range of parts at this period
7. Mrs Abington
8. Mr Kemble's acting
9. Winter season of 1784-5
10. Mr Pope's 'Oroonoko'
11. Close of the season 1784-5
12. Season of 1785-6
13. Haymarket
14. Summer of 1787
Part II: 1. Season of 1788-9
2. Other novelties
Illustrations. Volume 2: Part II (cont.): 3. Season of 1789-90
4. Season of 1790-1
5. Winter season of 1791-2
6. Holland's new Covent Garden theatre
7. Mrs Radcliffe's Romance of the Forest
8. Mr Harris restores a one shilling gallery
9. Mr Kemble in Vortigern
10. Consequences of the failure to Mr Kemble
11. Losses of the stage
12. Winter season of 1798-9
13. Season of 1799-1800
14. Season of 1800-1
15. Season of 1801-2
Part III: 1. Season of 1802-3
2. Weekly salaries
3. The author's explanation
4. Colman's theatre
5. Charles Young
6. Refuge in the Haymarket
7. Building of the new theatre
8. A miscellaneous chapter
9. Situation of the Covent Garden theatre
Mr Kemble's last will.