David Roberts

Thomas Betterton

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Produktbeschreibung

The first biography for more than 100 years of the greatest English actor between Burbage and Garrick, Thomas Betterton.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juni 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 549g
• ISBN-13: 9780521195843
• ISBN-10: 0521195845
• Artikelnr.: 29012070

Autorenporträt

David Roberts is Professor of English at Birmingham City University, UK. His recent books include Restoration Plays and Players (2014) and George Farquhar: A Migrant Life Reversed for Methuen Drama (2018).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Look my lord, it comes: Betterton's Hamlet
2. An obstinately shadowy Titan: Betterton in biography
3. An actor of London: early years, 1635-1659
4. A walk in the park: Betterton and the scene of comedy
5. In the Duke's Company, 1660-1663
6. Equal with the highest: Thomas Betterton and Henry Harris, 1663-1668
7. Actor management: running the Duke's Company
8. In the company of the Duke: Betterton and Catholic politics in the 1670s
9. Union: Betterton and theatrical monopoly, 1682-1695
10. Back to the future: breakaway to semi-retirement
11. Books and pictures: Betterton and the Chandos portrait
Bibliography.