Romantic Actors and Bardolatry: Performing Shakespeare from Garrick to Kean

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«Bardolatry», that whimsical term referring to Shakespeare's rise to canonical status as well as to his worshippers' adulation, solidified within the theatrical discourses of the eighteenth century and the British Romantic era. Celestine Woo examines the era's four most celebrated Shakespeare performers in London - David Garrick, John Philip Kemble, Sarah Siddons, and Edmund Kean - arguing that they broadened and altered the boundaries of Shakespearean...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1433101637

ISBN13:9781433101632

Release Date:July 2008

Publisher:Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi

Length:212 Pages

Related Subjects

Arts, Music & Photography Drama Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Performing Arts

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Romantic Actors and Bardolatry: Performing Shakespeare from Garrick to Kean

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