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Lives of Shakespearian actors V : Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Henry Irving and Ellen Terry by their contemporaries., Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Henry Irving and Ellen Terry by their contemporaries

Date published

2012
Publisher

London : Pickering Chatto, [2012]
Editor

Chouhan, Anjna,

Salter, Denis William

Emeljanow, Victor
Subject

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Stage history England.

Tree, Herbert Beerbohm, Sir, 1852-1917.

Irving, Henry, Sir, 1838-1905.

Terry, Ellen, Dame, 1847-1928.

Tree, Herbert Beerbohm, Sir, 1853-1917.

Shakespearean actors and actresses--Great Britain--Biography

Accession number

83428043
Class

Reading Room - 83.6/LIV
ISBN

9781851969319 (set)
Language

English
Physical description

3 volumes : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
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These volumes chart the careers of three Shakespearian actors through reviews, interviews and reminiscences. Sources are chosen to illustrate individual performances and the contemporary responses to them. Herbert Beerbohm Tree epitomized the late-Victorian and Edwardian actor-manager. Known for his monumental productions of Shakespeare, he was criticized by many as vulgar. Yet his work was popular and his Shakespeare festivals celebrated Shakespeare's place as a national and imperial figure. Famous for his distinctive mannerisms, Henry Irving's acting divided critics. Perhaps the best known of all the actor-managers, he often took responsibility for directing, set-design and casting, and re-opened the Lyceum theatre under his own control. In 1895 he was the first actor to be awarded a knighthood. Ellen Terry was considered the greatest Shakespearian actress in Britain. Brought into partnership with Irving, she spent two decades as his leading lady. Substantial volume introductions and extensive notes provide contextual analysis of the source material. This set will be essential to those researching the staging of Shakespeare's plays, the History of the Theatre and to those teaching performance studies., Contents: v. 1. Herbert Beerbohm Tree / edited by Victor Emeljanow -- v. 2. Henry Irving / edited by Anjna Chouhan and Denis Salter -- v. 3. Ellen Terry / edited by Katharine Cockin.

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