The English actor, from medieval to modern, Peter Ackroyd
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The English actor, from medieval to modern, Peter Ackroyd
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eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-389) and index
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contains biographical information
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index present
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non fiction
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The English actor
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bibliography
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Peter Ackroyd
Sub title
from medieval to modern
Summary
"The English Actor charts the uniquely English approach to stagecraft, from the medieval period to the present day. In thirty chapters, Peter Ackroyd describes, with superb narrative skill, the genesis of actingderiving from the Church tradition of Mystery Playsthrough the flourishing of the craft in the Renaissance, to modern methods following the advent of film and television. Across centuries and media, The English Actor also explores the biographies of the most notable and celebrated British actors. From the first woman actor on the English stage, Margaret Hughes, who played Desdemona in 1660; to luminaries like Laurence Olivier, Peter O'Toole, Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, and Helen Mirren; to contemporary multihyphenates like Gary Oldman, Kenneth Branagh, Sophie Okonedo, and Chiwetel Ejiofor, Ackroyd gives all fans of the theatre an original and superbly entertaining appraisal of how actors have acted, how audiences have responded, and what we mean by the magic of the stage", Provided by publisher
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adult
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