A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Volume 6
Author: Philip H. Highfill
Publisher: SIU Press
Published: 1978
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ISBN-13: 9780809308330
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A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Volume 6, Garrick to Gyngell
Author: Philip H. Highfill
Publisher: SIU Press
Published: 1978
Total Pages: 520
ISBN-13: 9780809308330
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn contrast to each other, Volume 5 is a sociological portrait of mostly little people in their tragic and comic efforts to achieve fame on the London stage during the Restoration and eighteenth century, whereas Volume 6 is dominated by the glamour of David Garrick, Nell Gwyn, and Joseph Grimaldi, the celebrated clown. Some 250 portraits individualize the great and small of the theatres of London.
A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Volume 5, Eagan to Garrett
Author: Philip H. Highfill
Publisher: SIU Press
Published: 1978
Total Pages: 512
ISBN-13: 9780809308323
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn contrast to each other, Volume 5 is a sociological portrait of mostly little people in their tragic and comic efforts to achieve fame on the London stage during the Restoration and eighteenth century, whereas Volume 6 is dominated by the glamour of David Garrick, Nell Gwyn, and Joseph Grimaldi, the celebrated clown. Some 250 portraits individualize the great and small of the theatres of London.
A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Volume 7, Habgood to Houbert
Author: Philip H. Highfill
Publisher: SIU Press
Published: 1982
Total Pages: 456
ISBN-13: 9780809309184
DOWNLOAD EBOOKVolume 7 includes such notables as the composers Handel and Haydn and the alluring actress Elizabeth Hartley.
The Pamela Controversy Vol 6
Author: Tom Keymer
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2024-10-28
Total Pages: 393
ISBN-13: 1040241123
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume documents the literary controversy and debate over Samuel Richardson's novel, "Pamela", published in 1741. It brings together and reprints key sources within the debate, including artists such as Francis Hayman, Hubert Gravelot, Joseph Highmore and Philip Mercer.
Disney Voice Actors
Author: Thomas S. Hischak
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2011-10-06
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 0786486945
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis biographical dictionary is devoted to the actors who provided voices for all the Disney animated theatrical shorts and features from the 1928 Mickey Mouse cartoon Steamboat Willie to the 2010 feature film Tangled. More than 900 men, women, and child actors from more than 300 films are covered, with biographical information, individual career summaries, and descriptions of the animated characters they have performed. Among those listed are Adriana Caselotti, of Snow White fame; Clarence Nash, the voice of Donald Duck; Sterling Holloway, best known for his vocal portrayal of Winnie the Pooh; and such show business luminaries as Bing Crosby, Bob Newhart, George Sanders, Dinah Shore, Jennifer Tilly and James Woods. In addition, a complete directory of animated Disney films enables the reader to cross-reference the actors with their characters.
A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Volume 4, Corye to Dynion
Author: Philip H. Highfill
Publisher: SIU Press
Published: 1975
Total Pages: 584
ISBN-13: 9780809306930
DOWNLOAD EBOOKVolumes 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.
A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers & Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800
Author: Philip H. Highfill
Publisher: SIU Press
Published: 1973
Total Pages: 444
ISBN-13: 9780809311309
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThose featured in Volume 10 include Margaret Martyr, a singer, actress, and dancer whose "conjugal virtues were often impeached," according to the July 1792Thespian Magazine. The Dictionary describes this least constant of lovers as "of middling height, with a figure well-proportioned for breeches parts. [Her] black-haired, black-eyed beauty and clear soprano made her an immediate popular success in merry maids and tuneful minxes, the piquant and the pert, for a quarter century."
A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Volume 3, Cabanel to Cory
Author: Philip H. Highfill
Publisher: SIU Press
Published: 1975
Total Pages: 552
ISBN-13: 9780809306923
DOWNLOAD EBOOKVolumes 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.
Venanzio Rauzzini and the Birth of a New Style in English Singing
Author: Brianna E. Robertson-Kirkland
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2022-01-31
Total Pages: 271
ISBN-13: 100053684X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSince the eighteenth century, the one-to-one singing lesson has been the most common method of delivery. The scenario allows the teacher to familiarise and individualise the lesson to suit the needs of their student; however, it can also lead to speculation about what is taught. More troubling is the heightened risk of gossip and rumour with the private space generating speculation about the student–teacher relationship. Venanzio Rauzzini (1746–1810), an Italian castrato living in England who became a highly sought-after singing master, was particularly susceptible since his students tended to be women, whose moral character was under more scrutiny than their male counterparts. Even so in 1792, The Bath Chronicle proclaimed the Italian castrato: 'the father of a new style in English singing'. Branding Rauzzini as a founder of an English style was not an error, but indicative of deep-seated anxieties about the Italian invasion on England’s musical culture. This book places teaching at the centre of the socio-historical narrative and provides unique insight into musical culture. Using a microhistory approach, this study is the first to focus in on the impact of teaching and casts new light on issues of celebrity culture, gender and nationalism in Georgian England.
