{"product_id":"extraordinary-actors-essays-on-popular-performers-exeter-performance-studies-9780859897358","title":"Extraordinary Actors Essays on Popular Performers","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe extraordinary performers collected here have altered the history of popular entertainment in America and Europe. Some have rarely had their story told, others are familiar figures. The essays explore what made these performers extraordinary.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘…this valuable, immensely entertaining and handsomely-produced volume of essays and interviews, …’ (Theatre Notebook, Volume 60, Number 1. 2006)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart I: The idea of acting extraordinary actors of the 17th and 18th century: \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIntroduction, Martin Banham, Richard Burbage, Alexander Leggatt\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCommedia dell'arte in Russia - Popular Satiric Perfomers in the 18th Century, Laurence Senelick\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThomas Betterton - The Art of Playing, Jane Milling\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePART II: The celebrated actor as cultural icon - extraordinary actors of the 19th century: \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIntroduction, Chris McCullough\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBritish Invasions on the American Stage, Don Wilmeth\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eActing and the Austere Joys of Motherhood - Sarah Siddons Performs Maternity, Jan McDonald\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe Brothers Fay - Irish Acting and the Origins of the Abbey Theatre, Ger Fitzgibbon\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eGertie Millar: Celebrity and Musical Comedy, Viv Gardner\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePART III: Acting for popular audiences, the mass and the local extraordinary actors of the 20th century\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIntroduction, Jane Milling\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eLena Ashwell and the Once A-Week Players - Popular Performers in London, Chris Dymkowski\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePeter Lorre - A Clash of European and US Acting Styles, Chris McCullough\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eGeorge Formby and the Northern Sublime, Baz Kershaw\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eLeo Fuchs - Yiddish Vaudevillian, Joel Schechter; Laurel and Hardy and Morecambe and Wise - Comedy Double Acts, Richard Boon\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePlaying on the Front Foot - Actors and Audience in British Popular Theatre 1970-1990, Colin Chambers and Maggie Steed\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eMark Rylance - Popular acting at the Globe Theatre, Martin White.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Exeter Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48884811727191,"sku":"9780859897358","price":71.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/extraordinary-actors-essays-on-popular-performers-exeter-performance-studies-9780859897358","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}