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Romantic actors and bardolatry : performing Shakespeare from Garrick to Kean /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Woo, Celestine
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Peter Lang, [2008]
Series:Studies in Shakespeare ; v. 16.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Stage history > England > London.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Stage history > 1625-1800.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Stage history > 1800-1950.
Garrick, David, > 1717-1779 > Performances.
Kemble, John Philip, > 1757-1823 > Performances.
Siddons, Sarah, > 1755-1831 > Performances.
Kean, Edmund, > 1787-1833 > Performances.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Bardolatry and "romantic" actors
  • David Garrick: commodifying Shakespeare
  • John Philip Kemble: consecrating Shakespeare
  • Sarah Siddons: feminizing Shakespeare
  • Edmund Kean: ironic icon, transgressive tabula rasa.