George Frederick Cooke: Machiavel of the Stage Contributor(s): Wilmeth, Don B. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0313214875 ISBN-13: 9780313214875 Publisher: Praeger OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 1980 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography - Performing Arts | Theater - General - Social Science | Popular Culture |
Dewey: B |
Series: Contributions in Librarianship and Information Science |
Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.56 lbs) 382 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: George Frederick Cooke was a member of that select company of legendary actors -- Garrick, Kemble, Henderson, Kean -- who dominated the English stage during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He was the first important actor to cross the Atlantic and to play the theatres of the new United States. Don B. Wilmeth's extensive research in Cooke's journal and in many other contemporary sources provides us with a new appreciation of the actor's importance. |