A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Volume 4, Corye to Dynion
$62.00
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Volumes three and four of this monumental work include full entries for all such illustrious names as those of the Cibbers—Colley, Theophilus, and Susanna Maria—Kitty Clive, and Charlotte Charke, George Colman, the Elder, and the Younger, William Davenant, and De Loutherboug. But here also are full entries for dozens of important secondary figures and of minor ones whose stories have never been told, as well as a census (and at least a few recoverable facts) for even the most inconsiderable performers and servants of the theatres.As in the previous volumes in this distinguished series, the accompanying illustrations include at least one picture of each subject for whom a portrait exists.
Philip H. Highfill, Jr., is a professor emeritus of English at George Washington University.Kalman A. Burnim is emeritus Fletcher Professor of Drama at Tufts University. Edward A. Langhans is an emeritus professor of drama and theatre at the University of Hawaii.
“This multi-volume work is one of the most important reference aids to be published on the English theatre of the Restoration and eighteenth-century.”—American Reference Books Annual
“An indispensable reference.”—The English Association
“A reference set of the first importance.”—The Eighteenth Century
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| Weight | 2 oz |
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| Dimensions | 2 × 7 × 10 in |
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