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UNINA9910778982803321 |
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Autore |
Archer Stephen M |
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Titolo |
Junius Brutus Booth [[electronic resource] ] : theatrical Prometheus |
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Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, 2010 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (365 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Actors -- United States -- Biography |
Booth, Junius Brutus, 1796-1852 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Book Title; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. A Gentleman of the Name of Booth; 2. Showdown at Old Drury; 3. This England; 4. An Object of Interest; Gallery of Illustrations 1; 5. The Fire Must Burn; 6. An Apparent Heir; 7. No More in This World; Gallery of Illustrations 2; 8. Coda; Appendix: Recorded Engagements; Notes; Works Cited; Index; Author Bio; Back Cover |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In this, the first thoroughly researched scholarly biography of British actor Junius Brutus Booth, Stephen M. Archer reveals Booth to have been an artist of considerable range and a man of sensitivity and intellect. Archer provides a clear account of Booth's professional and personal life and places him in relationship to his contemporaries, particularly Edmund Kean and William Charles Macready. From 1817 to 1852 Junius Brutus Booth toured throughout North America, enjoying a reputation as the most distinguished Shakespearean tragedian on the American continent. Still, he ye |
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