The Wandering Patentee

The Wandering Patentee

Author: Tate Wilkinson

Publisher:

Published: 1795

Total Pages: 592

ISBN-13:

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Discusses Yorkshire theatre in the late eighteenth century with personal anecdotes of famous actors.


Owning Performance | Performing Ownership

Owning Performance | Performing Ownership

Author: Jane Wessel

Publisher: University of Michigan Press

Published: 2022-07-14

Total Pages: 229

ISBN-13: 0472133071

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How playwrights, actors, and theater managers vied for control over the performance of popular plays after the passage of England's first copyright law


Thomas ‘Jupiter’ Harris

Thomas ‘Jupiter’ Harris

Author: Warren Oakley

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 2018-08-31

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 1526129140

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This is the first biography of Thomas Harris: confidant of George III, ‘spin doctor’, philanthropist, sexual suspect, brothel owner, and the man who controlled Covent Garden theatre for nearly five decades.


English Theatrical Anecdotes, 1660-1800

English Theatrical Anecdotes, 1660-1800

Author: Heather Ladd

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Published: 2022-06-17

Total Pages: 299

ISBN-13: 1644532603

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English Theatrical Anecdotes, 1660-1800 explores the theatrical anecdote's role in the construction of stage fame in England's emergent celebrity culture during the long eighteenth century, as well as the challenges of employing anecdotes in theatre scholarship today. Chapters in this book discuss anecdotes about actors, actresses, musicians, and other theatre people.


Memoirs of His Own Life

Memoirs of His Own Life

Author: Tate Wilkinson

Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9780838637678

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Memoirs of His Own Life is the theatrical memoir of Tate Wilkinson, one of the foremost actors and managers of the late eighteenth century. In Memoirs, Wilkinson chronicles the personalities and rivalries of the players he knew, while tracing his own triumphs and disasters as he rose from being a star-struck child, watching rehearsals from behind the scenes at Covent Garden Theater, to becoming one of the most popular performers and most successful managers of his day.