Our Recent Actors 2 Volume Set
Our Recent Actors 2 Volume Set
$77.99
USDLove of the theatre began at an early age for John Westland Marston (1819–90), and developed into his life's work as a playwright, critic and literary figure of the Victorian era. He fell out of fashion and into poverty in the last years of his life, though Irving and other friends helped with a gala benefit performance of his most famous play. This two-volume work, published in 1888, is a tribute to the actors, plays and performances of his youth. Victorian dramatic works ranged through a variety of styles and genres, and Marston's recollections cover the wide area of theatrical culture in which he was involved. Combining professional knowledge, backstage anecdotes and accounts of the emotional impact of performances upon Marston himself, the work offers an intimate insight into the growth and development of nineteenth-century theatre, and personal reminiscences of some of the most famous actors.
Product details
May 2012Multiple copy pack
9781108047685
644 pages
217 × 140 × 38 mm
0.9kg
Temporarily unavailable - available from TBC
Table of Contents
- Volume 1: Dedication
- Preface
- 1. Early acquaintance with London theatres - Denvil, Vandenhoff, and other actors
- 2. Macready, and others of his contemporaries
- 3. Macready - conclusion
- 4. Mr Charles Kemble
- 5. Mr William Farren, the elder
- 6. Mr and Mrs Kean
- 7. Mrs Charles Kean
- 8. Mr Benjamin Webster
- 9. Mrs Glover
- 10. Mrs Warner. Volume 2:
- 1. Mr Samuel Phelps
- 2. The Sadler's Wells Company in general
- 3. Miss Charlotte Cushman
- 4. Mr John B. Buckstone, Mr Robert Keeley, and Mr Henry Compton
- 5. Mr Sheridan Knowles
- 6. Madame Vestris (Mrs C. J. Mathews)
- 7. Mrs Nisbett (Lady Boothby)
- 8. Mr Charles Mathews
- 9. Mr G. V. Brooke
- 10. Mr Charles Dillon
- 11. Mr Charles Fechter
- 12. Mr Edward Askew Sothern
- 13. Miss Lilian Adelaide Neilson
- 14. Mr Alfred Wigan, and Mr F. Robson
- 15. Mademoiselle Rachel
- 16. General recollections.
