The Concise History of TheatreActing, direction, stagecraft, theatre architecture and design, the extraordinary evolution of dramatic literature – here is an all-embracing and richly illustrated history, global in scope and ranging from the ancient origins of the theatre to the fascinating variety of forms that it has taken in our own age. |
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Page 173
... Kemble ( 1757-1823 ) , the eldest son of the Kemble family and brother of Mrs Siddons . A stately , formal actor , at his best in tragic and heavily dramatic parts , he is seen here as Shakespeare's Coriolanus , in a portrait by Sir ...
... Kemble ( 1757-1823 ) , the eldest son of the Kemble family and brother of Mrs Siddons . A stately , formal actor , at his best in tragic and heavily dramatic parts , he is seen here as Shakespeare's Coriolanus , in a portrait by Sir ...
Page 174
... Kemble as Rolla in Pizarro ( by no less a person than Sheridan ) and Mrs Siddons as Mrs Haller , the erring wife in ... Kemble's Hamlet and Mrs Siddons's Lady Macbeth were highly thought of . But tragedy did not fill the playhouses , and ...
... Kemble as Rolla in Pizarro ( by no less a person than Sheridan ) and Mrs Siddons as Mrs Haller , the erring wife in ... Kemble's Hamlet and Mrs Siddons's Lady Macbeth were highly thought of . But tragedy did not fill the playhouses , and ...
Page 287
... Kemble , Fanny 175 Macready , William 169 , 189-90 , Neveux , Georges 248 , 248 190 , 191 , 196 , 198 Maeterlinck , Maurice 210 , 243 Kemble , Charles 174-8 , 182 , 185 Mahelot 99 , 99 , 100 Malina , Judith 261 Kemble , John Philip 128 ...
... Kemble , Fanny 175 Macready , William 169 , 189-90 , Neveux , Georges 248 , 248 190 , 191 , 196 , 198 Maeterlinck , Maurice 210 , 243 Kemble , Charles 174-8 , 182 , 185 Mahelot 99 , 99 , 100 Malina , Judith 261 Kemble , John Philip 128 ...
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