In the first full-length account of the English dancer-actress Hester Santlow, Moira Goff traces this remarkable woman's career at Drury Lane between 1706 and 1733. Making extensive use of archival resources, Goff demonstrates Santlow's unique contribution to the development of dance on the London stage, and examines Santlow's fascinating personal life, including her relationships with the politician James Craggs the Younger and the Drury Lane actor-manager Barton Booth.
In the first full-length account of the English dancer-actress Hester Santlow, Moira Goff traces this remarkable woman's career at Drury Lane between 1706 and 1733. Making extensive use of archival resources, Goff demonstrates Santlow's unique contribution to the development of dance on the London stage, and examines Santlow's fascinating personal life, including her relationships with the politician James Craggs the Younger and the Drury Lane actor-manager Barton Booth.
Moira Goff researches, reconstructs and performs European theatre and ballroom dancing of the early eighteenth century. She is also a curator of rare books at the British Library, London, UK.
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Contents: Preface The young dancer, 1694?-1709 Dancer and actress, 1709-1712 James Craggs Theatre rivalries, 1713-1715 'Dramatic entertainments of dancing', 1715-1719 Barton Booth Business as usual, 1719-1723 Mimes and pantomimes, 1723-1728 'The incomparable Mrs Booth', 1728-1733 'Happy beyond expression', 1733-1773 Appendix: glossary of 18th-century dance terms Bibliography Index.
Contents: Preface The young dancer, 1694?-1709 Dancer and actress, 1709-1712 James Craggs Theatre rivalries, 1713-1715 'Dramatic entertainments of dancing', 1715-1719 Barton Booth Business as usual, 1719-1723 Mimes and pantomimes, 1723-1728 'The incomparable Mrs Booth', 1728-1733 'Happy beyond expression', 1733-1773 Appendix: glossary of 18th-century dance terms Bibliography Index.
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