The Theatre Handbook and Digest of PlaysBernard Sobel |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 82
Page 33
... Actress . There were no female performers in the earliest dramas . The profes- sion of actress really did not exist until the 16th century on the continent , the 17th century in England . Among the earliest actresses identifiable by ...
... Actress . There were no female performers in the earliest dramas . The profes- sion of actress really did not exist until the 16th century on the continent , the 17th century in England . Among the earliest actresses identifiable by ...
Page 461
... actress , and granddaughter of Henry Carey , his father being probably an architect's clerk named Kean . His character suffered much from his mother's neglect of him in his childhood , and he became a wayward and uncontrollable youth ...
... actress , and granddaughter of Henry Carey , his father being probably an architect's clerk named Kean . His character suffered much from his mother's neglect of him in his childhood , and he became a wayward and uncontrollable youth ...
Page 530
... actress . Born at Cheltenham , she made her stage debut in 1895. Her reputation as a dramatic actress was established by her performances in The Sign of the Cross , and later in many of the plays of Shakespeare , Bernard Shaw ...
... actress . Born at Cheltenham , she made her stage debut in 1895. Her reputation as a dramatic actress was established by her performances in The Sign of the Cross , and later in many of the plays of Shakespeare , Bernard Shaw ...
Contents
CONTENTS | xi |
Preface George Freedley | xii |
Acoustics 2343 | 24 |
Copyright | |
39 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
18th century actor actress acts Aeschylus American actor American actress American dramatist appeared artist audience ballet became began Ben Jonson best known Born British Broadway brother burlesque career character Charles City comedy comic commedia commedia dell'arte costume Covent Garden curtain dance dancers daughter death debut director drama dramatic critic dramatist England English actor English dramatist Eugene O'Neill famous farce father films George George Bernard Shaw German girl Greek Henry husband Ibsen Italian John Kabuki killed King Lady later living London Lord Chamberlain's Men lover manager marriage married Mary modern Molière novel opera Paris performance players Playhouse plays include playwright plot poet poetic popular produced returns Richard role Roman Russian S. N. Behrman satire scene scenery Shakespeare social Spanish stage star story success theatrical tion toured tragedy vaudeville wife William William Shakespeare woman World writing written wrote York young