Three Tragic Actresses - Siddons, Rachel, Ristori

Zusammenfassung This book examines the careers of three performers whose professional lives spanned the period from the late eighteenth to the late nineteenth centuries! from the heyday of neo-Classicism to the coming of Realism. Vivid reconstructions of their interpretations and unique accounts of theatrical conditions place their art in context. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Sarah Siddons Michael R. Booth; Rachel Felix John Stokes; Adelaide Ristori Susan Bassnett; Notes; Select bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Susan Bassnett, Michael Booth, Michael R. Booth, Michael Roy Booth, Michael Stokes Booth, John Stokes
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.03.2007
• EAN: 9780521035552
• ISBN: 978-0-521-03555-2
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 235 mm x 12 mm
• Series: Print On Demand; Print on Demand
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Music, film, theatre