Next to Shakespeare: Otway's Venice Preserv'd and The Orphan and Their History on the London Stage
Aline Mackenzie Taylor
1950
Duke University Press
First Edition
8vo
Description:
Tracing the theatrical fortune of Venice Preserv'd (1682) and The Orphan (1680) across nearly three centuries on the London stage, the study documents how changing critical tastes, political shifts, and generation after generation of great actors—from Betterton, Barry, and Garrick to Kemble, Siddons, and Kean—interpreted Otway's heroic tragedy and pathetic drama.
Condition:
Good Condition. Red cloth. Binding is firm. Contents clean. Boards are clean with some fading to spine.
Next to Shakespeare: Otway's Venice Preserv'd and The Orphan and Their History on the London Stage
Aline Mackenzie Taylor
1950
Duke University Press
First Edition
8vo
Description:
Tracing the theatrical fortune of Venice Preserv'd (1682) and The Orphan (1680) across nearly three centuries on the London stage, the study documents how changing critical tastes, political shifts, and generation after generation of great actors—from Betterton, Barry, and Garrick to Kemble, Siddons, and Kean—interpreted Otway's heroic tragedy and pathetic drama.
Condition:
Good Condition. Red cloth. Binding is firm. Contents clean. Boards are clean with some fading to spine.
