A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers, and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800 Vol. 13: Roach to H. Siddons
| Author/creator | Highfill, Philip H. Author |
| Other author | Burnim, Kalman A. Author |
| Other author | Langhans, Edward A. Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press Chicago : Chicago Distribution Center [Distributor] |
| Description | 404 p. ill 09.750 x 06.750 in. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
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| Series | Biographical Dictionary of Actors Ser. |
| Summary | Annotation Like the works already published, these latest volumes of theBiographical Dictionarydeal with theatre people of every ilk, ranging from dressers and one-performance actors to trumpeter John Shore (inventor of the tuning fork) and the incomparable Sarah Siddons. Also prominent is Susanna Rowson, a novelist, actress, and early female playwright. Although born into a British military family, Rowson often wrote plays that dealt with patriotic American themes and spent much of her career on the American stage. The theatrical jewel of these volumes is the "divine Sarah" Siddons: "She raised the tragedy to the skies," wrote William Hazlitt, and "embodied to our imagination the fables of mythology, of the heroic and dignified mortals of elder time." She endured much tragedy herself, including a crippling debilitating illness and the deaths of five of her seven children. Siddons played major roles in both comedy and tragedy, not the least of which was a performance as Hamlet. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 71157068 |
| ISBN | 9780809315253 |
| ISBN | 0809315254 (Trade Cloth) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9780809315253 |
| Stock number | 00024754 |