Richard Burbage and the Shakespearean stage : a 'delightful Proteus' /
Burbage is best known for becoming the leading actor in Shakespeare's acting company, the Lord Chamberlain's (later, the King's) Players, and as the man for whom Shakespeare created some of his most memorable leading roles, including Hamlet, Othello, and King Lear. He was one of the f...
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| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
The Arden Shakespeare,
2025.
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| Summary: | Burbage is best known for becoming the leading actor in Shakespeare's acting company, the Lord Chamberlain's (later, the King's) Players, and as the man for whom Shakespeare created some of his most memorable leading roles, including Hamlet, Othello, and King Lear. He was one of the first "star" actors whose reputation came to transcend the roles he performed and who played a pivotal part in the success of London's theatre in Shakespeare's day. This book draws on new archival research to offer the first comprehensive study of Burbage's brilliant theatrical career and his groundbreaking contribution to the development of professional theatre as co-founder and owner of the Globe Theatre and as a co-owner and manager of the Second Blackfriars Theatre. In tracing Burbage's life and growing reputation as a player and theatre manager, Siobhan Keenan examines too his influence on the era's leading professional playwrights alongside an assessment of his wider impact on early modern acting traditions and his cultural legacy as a Shakespearean star actor and early theatrical entrepreneur. -- Cover page 4. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 257 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781350245969 1350245968 |