Actresses Of The Restoration Period
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Actresses Of The Restoration Period
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Author : Susan Margaret Cooper
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
Release Date : 2023-01-24
Actresses Of The Restoration Period written by Susan Margaret Cooper and has been published by Pen and Sword History this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-01-24 with History categories.
The Restoration represents an exhilarating period of English history. With Charles II, the ‘Merry Monarch’ restored to the throne, the country saw artistic and literary talent flourish. Charles was an enthusiastic patron of the theatre and helped breathe new life into British drama, reopening the playhouses after the gray years of closure under Puritanical rule. One of the most significant innovations in Restoration theatre was the introduction of actresses on the English stage. This exciting new history is dedicated to the life and times of two of the Restoration’s most celebrated actresses: Mrs Elizabeth Barry and Mrs Anne Bracegirdle. It details their family roots, the beginnings and progression of their London stage careers, their retirement from the limelight, and their eventual demise. Their lives and work are set against the lively and often dangerous atmosphere that epitomized seventeenth-century London and its theaters, and the places where Mrs Barry and Mrs Bracegirdle lived and worked alongside their fellow players, dramatists and others of their times. There are references to the actresses’ admirers and lovers within and without the world of theatre. Along with more favorable critical appraisals, there are explicit and derogatory lines, satirically written, regarding their supposed reputations. This insightful biography places Elizabeth and Anne back in the limelight, and includes transcriptions taken from contemporary works, letters, poems and wills, all adding depth and color to this fascinating subject.
The Restoration Actress In Her Seventeenth Century Social Political And Artistic Context
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Author : Jennifer Elizabeth Popple
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
The Restoration Actress In Her Seventeenth Century Social Political And Artistic Context written by Jennifer Elizabeth Popple and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Actresses categories.
This book investigates the lives and careers of the Restoration era's three most famous actresses: Nell Gwyn, Elizabeth Barry, and Anne Bracegirdle. It elucidates how these powerful women's offstage reputations and their greatest performances were agents of political, social, and cultural change.
Actresses Of The Restoration Period
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Author : Susan Margaret Cooper
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
Release Date : 2023-01-24
Actresses Of The Restoration Period written by Susan Margaret Cooper and has been published by Pen and Sword History this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-01-24 with History categories.
The Restoration represents an exhilarating period of English history. With Charles II, the ‘Merry Monarch’ restored to the throne, the country saw artistic and literary talent flourish. Charles was an enthusiastic patron of the theatre and helped breathe new life into British drama, reopening the playhouses after the gray years of closure under Puritanical rule. One of the most significant innovations in Restoration theatre was the introduction of actresses on the English stage. This exciting new history is dedicated to the life and times of two of the Restoration’s most celebrated actresses: Mrs Elizabeth Barry and Mrs Anne Bracegirdle. It details their family roots, the beginnings and progression of their London stage careers, their retirement from the limelight, and their eventual demise. Their lives and work are set against the lively and often dangerous atmosphere that epitomized seventeenth-century London and its theaters, and the places where Mrs Barry and Mrs Bracegirdle lived and worked alongside their fellow players, dramatists and others of their times. There are references to the actresses’ admirers and lovers within and without the world of theatre. Along with more favorable critical appraisals, there are explicit and derogatory lines, satirically written, regarding their supposed reputations. This insightful biography places Elizabeth and Anne back in the limelight, and includes transcriptions taken from contemporary works, letters, poems and wills, all adding depth and color to this fascinating subject.
Restoration Actresses During The Reign Of Charles Ii
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Author : Beate Braun
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
Restoration Actresses During The Reign Of Charles Ii written by Beate Braun and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Actresses categories.
The First English Actresses
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Author : Elizabeth Howe
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1992-06-04
The First English Actresses written by Elizabeth Howe and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-06-04 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This book describes how and why women were permitted to act on the public stage after 1660 in England.
All The King S Ladies
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Author : John Harold Wilson
language : en
Publisher: Chicago, U. P.
Release Date : 1958
All The King S Ladies written by John Harold Wilson and has been published by Chicago, U. P. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1958 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Careers of the first women to play the English stage.
The Restoration Of Nell Gwyn
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Author : Steve Trafford
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2016-01-19
The Restoration Of Nell Gwyn written by Steve Trafford and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-19 with Drama categories.
Full of humour and bawdy wit, this new comedy transports us into the wanton world of the English Restoration. A new comedy by Steve Trafford with songs by Henry Purcell. King Charles 2nd lies ill, Nell Gwyn, his royal whore, once the brightest star of the Restoration theatre, rages against her fate. What will become of her if Charles is summoned to his Maker? What perils will befall the English nation? Mistress Gwyn and Margery, her maid, lead us a merry dance, filled with their laughter, their tears, and Nell’s enchanting songs of the Baroque: A rollicking romp which ends with a sting in its tail. Eleanor ‘Nell’ Gwyn (2 February 1650 – 14 November 1687) was a long-time mistress of King Charles II of England and Scotland. Called ‘pretty, witty Nell’ by Samuel Pepys, she has been regarded as a living embodiment of the spirit of Restoration England and has come to be considered a folk heroine, with a story echoing the rags-to-royalty tale of Cinderella. She was the most famous Restoration actress and possessed a prodigious comic talent. Gwyn had two sons by King Charles: Charles Beauclerk (1670–1726); and James Beauclerk (1671–1680). The surname of her sons is pronounced 'Bo-Clare'. Charles was created Earl of Burford and later Duke of St. Albans.
Prologues And Epilogues Of Restoration Theater
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Author : Diana Solomon
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2013
Prologues And Epilogues Of Restoration Theater written by Diana Solomon and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book provides a taxonomy of prologues and epilogues with a corresponding appendix, and demonstrates through case studies of Anne Bracegirdle and Anne Oldfield how the study of prologues and epilogues enriches Restoration theater scholarship.
Broken Boundaries
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Author : Katherine M. Quinsey
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 2021-03-17
Broken Boundaries written by Katherine M. Quinsey and has been published by University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-17 with Drama categories.
This volume of twelve original essays is the first comprehensive study of feminist issues in Restoration drama. The late seventeenth century marks a pivotal era in the history of feminism, when Renaissance assumptions about gender and patriarchy were being directly challenged. For the first time, women appeared onstage as actresses, made their presence felt as spectators and patrons, and wrote a number of the plays produced in theaters. In an unusually direct and probing way, drama of the Restoration period raised radical questions about the place of women in the family and in society, and about the essential nature of men and women. The essays examine feminist issues from a variety of historical and theoretical approaches across a spectrum of plays—comedies, tragedies, tragicomedies, and heroic drama. By addressing the acute questions of gender raised in the drama, Broken Boundaries presents a vivid portrait of the uncertainties and changing perceptions in all areas of intellectual, political, and social life during the last decades of the seventeenth century.
Morality Among Actresses
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Author : Frances J. Pendleton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1959
Morality Among Actresses written by Frances J. Pendleton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1959 with Actresses categories.