Great Shakespeare Actors: Burbage to Branagh PDF
Preview Great Shakespeare Actors: Burbage to Branagh
R R R G EAT SHAKESPEA E ACTO S OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,26/2/2015,SPi R BU BAGE TO BRANAGH STANLEY WELLS 1 3 GreatClarendonStreet,Oxford,OXDP, UnitedKingdom OxfordUniversityPressisadepartmentoftheUniversityofOxford. ItfurtherstheUniversity’sobjectiveofexcellenceinresearch,scholarship, andeducationbypublishingworldwide.Oxfordisaregisteredtrademarkof OxfordUniversityPressintheUKandincertainothercountries #StanleyWells Themoralrightsoftheauthorhavebeenasserted FirstEditionpublishedin Impression: Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedin aretrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans,withoutthe priorpermissioninwritingofOxfordUniversityPress,orasexpresslypermitted bylaw,bylicenceorundertermsagreedwiththeappropriatereprographics rightsorganization.Enquiriesconcerningreproductionoutsidethescopeofthe aboveshouldbesenttotheRightsDepartment,OxfordUniversityPress,atthe addressabove Youmustnotcirculatethisworkinanyotherform andyoumustimposethissameconditiononanyacquirer PublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyOxfordUniversityPress MadisonAvenue,NewYork,NY,UnitedStatesofAmerica BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationData Dataavailable LibraryofCongressControlNumber: ISBN –––– PrintedinItalybyL.E.G.O.S.p.A. LinkstothirdpartywebsitesareprovidedbyOxfordingoodfaithand forinformationonly.Oxforddisclaimsanyresponsibilityforthematerials containedinanythirdpartywebsitereferencedinthiswork. ToallthegreatShakespeareactorsnotincludedinthisbook Preface and Acknowledgements This book draws on a lifelong interest in the history of theatre and of Shakespeare’s place in it, as well as on close on seventy years of play- going. An early stimulus to write it came from an invitation from Alistair Smith, editor of The Stage, to contribute to a feature about greatShakespeareactors. I am grateful for assistance from the library staff of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, especially Madeleine Cox, Victoria Swanston, and Helen Hargest; to Kate Welch of the Shakespeare Institute; and to Roger Howells and Paul Edmondson for encouragement and for helpful comments on drafts. Jacqueline Baker, of Oxford University Press,hasbeenanexemplaryeditor,andIhavebenefitedgreatlyfrom theexpertiseoftheproductionstaffatthePress.Ioweespecialthanks to Nick de Somogyi for the care and expertise with which he has compiledtheindex. Theorderinwhichtheactorsarediscussedisroughlychronological bydateofbirth,butinafewcasesIhavedepartedfromthisprinciplein theinterestsofcontinuity. StanleyWells January Contents ListofIllustrations xi Introduction Prelude:WilliamShakespeare . RichardBurbage . WillKemp . RobertArmin . ThomasBetterton . CharlesMacklin . DavidGarrick WhoWastheFirstGreatShakespeareActress? . SarahSiddons . GeorgeFrederickCooke . JohnPhilipKemble . DoraJordan . EdmundKean . WilliamCharlesMacready . HelenFaucit WhoWastheFirstGreatAmericanShakespeareActor? . IraAldridge . CharlotteCushman . EdwinBooth . HenryIrving . EllenTerry . TommasoSalvini TimesofChange
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