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The four actors whose careers the essays in this volume explore are not only the greatest English actors of their own times but also performers whose brilliance is still invoked by all interested in theatre. Each took a distinct approach to the Shakespeare roles they played and the texts they used: from David Garrick's ability to move other actors as well as the audience to tears, to the noble classicism of John Philip Kemble, from the grand tragic style of Sarah Siddons to the terrifying energy of Edmund Kean. Each changed forever the concept of what Shakespeare's plays might mean in performance.

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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

Garrick Kemble Siddons Kean

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      Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
      Published 25 January 2014
      ISBN-13 9781472517289
      978-1472517289
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      Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800 Literary studies: plays and playwrights Theatre studies

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The four actors whose careers the essays in this volume explore are not only the greatest English actors of their own times but also performers whose brilliance is still invoked by all interested in theatre. Each took a distinct approach to the Shakespeare roles they played and the texts they used: from David Garrick's ability to move other actors as well as the audience to tears, to the noble classicism of John Philip Kemble, from the grand tragic style of Sarah Siddons to the terrifying energy of Edmund Kean. Each changed forever the concept of what Shakespeare's plays might mean in performance.

      Table of Contents
      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

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