Tragedy Queens of the Georgian Era (Classic Reprint)

Tragedy Queens of the Georgian Era (Classic Reprint)
Author: John Fyvie
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2018-01-14
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780483075733

Excerpt from Tragedy Queens of the Georgian Era HE famous Madam Barry, as she was generally called by her contemporaries, first appeared on the stage in the thirteenth year of the reign of Charles the Second, and she died three months before the first of our Georges ascended the throne; but she is included here because she dominated the stage for over thirty years, and by her manner and methods profoundly influenced succeeding tragic actresses; because she acted in most of the tragedies of Dryden, Otway, Lee, and Rowe; because She created (in many cases out of very poor dramatic material) over one hundred characters, several Of which, owing to the vogue which she imparted to them, held the stage to the end of the eighteenth century; and (what is even more to our present biographical purpose), because in her private life' she carried on the licentious tradition Of the Restoration, and was a Shining example for succeeding frail ones to allege in support of their apologetic contention that performers who represent evil passions on the stage can only succeed in proportion to their practical experience of such passions in real life. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Tragedy Queens of the Georgian Era

Tragedy Queens of the Georgian Era
Author: John Fyvie
Publisher: Palala Press
Total Pages: 394
Release: 2016-05-02
Genre:
ISBN: 9781355244318

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The Literary Year-book

The Literary Year-book
Author: Frederick George Aflalo
Publisher:
Total Pages: 616
Release: 1921
Genre: Literature
ISBN:

Veiled Women

Veiled Women
Author: Marmaduke William Pickthall
Publisher: DigiCat
Total Pages: 205
Release: 2022-09-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Veiled Women" by Marmaduke William Pickthall. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Mapping Medea

Mapping Medea
Author: Anna Albrektson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 271
Release: 2023-08-26
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0192884301

The late-eighteenth century witnessed multiple Medeas take to the stages of Europe, in the Americas, and across the Russian empire. Performances took place in Moscow and São Paulo, in London and Lisbon, in Gotha, Stuttgart, and Venice. This lively collection of essays examines the various reasons why Medea, the ancient mother who killed her own children, attracted the attention of authors, audiences, actors, and rulers in Europe and its dominions during the pivotal period 1750 to 1800, and to what effects. As a migrant and iconoclast, Medea crosses a number of eighteenth-century borders: linguistic, cultural, national, temporal, spatial, aesthetic, ethical, and generic. Moreover, the fact that late-eighteenth-century playwrights, poets, composers, and choreographers all turned to one of the most problematic characters of Greco-Roman antiquity offers a unique opportunity to examine the remarkable flexibility of the reception process itself. Medea therefore functions as an intriguing case study, reflecting a wider context of cultural and political change within Europe and its colonies in the late-eighteenth century. By drawing together eighteenth-century specialists working across multiple languages and disciplines with the reception perspective of classical scholars, this volume brings much rare material from a range of archives across continental Europe to critical attention for the first time. Mapping Medea shows how the eighteenth century made Medea modern, and Medea helped to shape modern performance.