Partial Histories by Elaine M Mcgirr
This book explores the multiple portrayals of the actor and theatre manager Colley Cibber, king of the dunces, professional fop, defacer of Shakespeare and the cruel and unforgiving father of Charlotte Charke.“Partial Histories does usefully prod us to consider and reject the many dismissive and derogatory verdicts on Colley Cibber, who was an actor, manager, and theater historian of both importance and distinction” (Robert D. Hume, Eighteenth-Century Life, Vol. 43 (3), 2019)
Elaine M. McGirr is Head of Drama at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. She is the author of Heroic Mode and Political Crisis, 1660-1745 (2009) and Eighteenth-Century Characters (2007) as well as chapters and articles on Shakespearean adaptation, the novels of Samuel Richardson, the politics of Aphra Behn, and the authority of actresses.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781137027184 |
| ISBN 10 | 1137027185 |
| Title | Partial Histories |
| Author | Elaine M Mcgirr |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Year published | 2016-06-02 |
| Number of pages | 210 |
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