Garrick, Kemble, Siddons, Kean - Great Shakespeareans: Volume II

Informationen zum Autor Peter Holland holds the McMeel Family Chair in Shakespeare Studies in the Department of Film, Television and Theatre and is Associate Dean for the Arts at the University of Notre Dame. He was formerly Director of the Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-upon-Avon and is editor of Shakespeare Survey and co-general editor of the Oxford Shakespeare Topics series. Peter Holland is McMeel Family Chair in Shakespeare Studies at the University of Notre Dame, USA. Peter Holland is the McMeel Family Chair in Shakespeare Studies and the Associate Dean for the Arts at the University of Notre Dame, USA. Zusammenfassung Offers an account of those figures who have had the greatest influence on the interpretation, understanding and cultural reception of Shakespeare, nationally and internationally. This volume assesses the contribution of David Garrick, John Philip Kemble, Sarah Siddons and Edmund Kean to the afterlife and reception of Shakespeare and his plays. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Preface - Peter Holland and Adrian Poole Introduction! Peter Holland (Notre Dame! USA) David Garrick! Peter Holland (Notre Dame! USA) John Philip Kemble! Michael Dobson (Birkbeck! UK) Sarah Siddons! Russ McDonald (Goldsmiths! UK) Edmund Kean! Peter Thomson (Exeter! UK) Index

Product details

• Authors: Peter Holland, Peter Holland
• Assisted by: Peter Holland (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.06.2010
• EAN: 9780826471529
• ISBN: 978-0-8264-7152-9
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Great Shakespeareans; Great Shakespeareans
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; English, DRAMA / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare, Theatre Studies, Literary studies: general, Literary reference works, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Literary studies: plays and playwrights