Acting Theory and the English Stage, 1700-1830 Volume 5
During the eighteenth century, treatises on the science of elocution, gesture and naturalness abounded. This title draws together a representative selection of the most difficult-to-access texts in the period. It helps cultural historians to examine the place of stagecraft in the eighteenth-century imagination.
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Acting Theory and the English Stage, 1700-1830 Volume 5
During the eighteenth century, treatises on the science of elocution, gesture and naturalness abounded. This title draws together a representative selection of the most difficult-to-access texts in the period. It helps cultural historians to examine the place of stagecraft in the eighteenth-century imagination.
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Acting Theory and the English Stage, 1700-1830 Volume 5

Acting Theory and the English Stage, 1700-1830 Volume 5

by Lisa Zunshine
Acting Theory and the English Stage, 1700-1830 Volume 5

Acting Theory and the English Stage, 1700-1830 Volume 5

by Lisa Zunshine

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During the eighteenth century, treatises on the science of elocution, gesture and naturalness abounded. This title draws together a representative selection of the most difficult-to-access texts in the period. It helps cultural historians to examine the place of stagecraft in the eighteenth-century imagination.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781138660427
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 01/21/2016
Pages: 414
Product dimensions: 6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Cerberus (ed.), The Theatrical Monthly Th eatrical Reporter Inquisitor; or, Literary Mirror The Theatrical Inquisitor, and Monthly Mirror; Monthly Theatrical Reporter; Charles Newton, Studies in the Science and Practice of Public Speaking, Reading & Recitation; John Brown, The Stage: A Poem; Leman Thomas Rede, The Road to the Stage (1827); George Grant, An Essay on the Science of Acting: By a Veteran Stager; Editorial Notes
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