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Author:   Daniel O'Quinn ,  Kristina Straub ,  Misty G. Anderson
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   1.618kg
ISBN:  

9781138743465

ISBN 10:   1138743461
Pages:   720
Publication Date:   21 February 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Introduction 1. Actress and Royal Mistress: ""Pretty Witty Nell"" 2. Magical Transformations: A Queen and her Many Worlds 3. Betterton's Last Lear 4. Soldiers Abroad: The Recruting Officer in Charleston, South Carolina 5. The Pleasures of Celebrity Scandal: The Rover's Endurance 6.Opposition Cato: Royal Players at Leiceister House 7. An African Weeps for Oroonoko: The Royal Slave 8. Tom Thumb in Manhattan: Lewis Hallam’s Theatrical Enterprise 9. The Chinese Festival Riots 10. National Fantasy/Wardrobe Malfunction: Royal Command Performance of Thomas Arne’s Love in a Village 11. Ethnic Spectacle: Charles Macklin in The Merchant of Venice and Love a-la-Mode 12. An Actor's Farewell: Garrick in The Wonder 13. The Re-Coronation of George III: Commemorating Handel 14. Imperial Pantomime: John O’Keefe and Philippe Jacques De Loutherbourg's Omai, or A Trip Around the World 15. Stealing Venice Preserv’d"

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Daniel O'Quinn is Professor in the School of English and Theatre Studies at the University of Guelph, Canada. Kristina Straub is Professor of Literary and Cultural Studies at Carnegie Mellon University, USA. Misty G. Anderson is Lindsay Young Professor of English and Joint Professor of Theatre at the University of Tennessee Knoxville, USA.

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