A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Volume 4, Corye to Dynion
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

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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.

A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Volume 3, Cabanel to Cory
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

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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.

A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers & Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800
A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers & Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800

Author: Philip H. Highfill

Publisher: SIU Press

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 9780809318025

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The penultimate volume of the vast project begun some two decades ago, Volume 15, illustrated like its predecessors with bandw portraits and other artwork, provides information on theatre people including singer Catherine Tofts, comedian James Tokely, bearded lady and harpsichordist Barbara Van Beck, proprietor, playwright, and architect John Vanbrugh, theatrical families like the Vaughans and the husband- and-wife thespians John Baptista and Susanna Verbruggen and the dancing Vestres--Gaetan Appoline Balthazar and his illegitimate son Marie Jean Augustin, as well as a host of Wards (some related, some not). Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Volume 6, Garrick to Gyngell
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

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In 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 8, Hough to Keyse
A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Volume 8, Hough to Keyse

Author: Philip H. Highfill

Publisher: SIU Press

Published: 1982

Total Pages: 464

ISBN-13: 9780809309191

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Volume 8 dis­cusses, among others, the careers of Charles Incledon, the "English Ballad-Singer," boxing champion of England, "Gentleman" John Jackson, and members of the famous Kemble family-- Charles, Maria Theresa, Frances, Henry, John Philip, Priscilla, Elizabeth, Roger, and Stephen.

A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Volume 5, Eagan to Garrett
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

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In 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.