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  • Shakespeare in the Theatre: Sarah Siddons and John Philip Kemble

    by Fiona Ritchie, Peter Holland, Dr. Farah Karim Cooper, Bridget Escolme ...
    Series series Shakespeare in the Theatre
    Siblings Sarah Siddons (1755–1831) and John Philip Kemble (1757–1823) were the most famous British actors of the late-18th and early-19th centuries. Through their powerful acting and meticulous conceptualisation of Shakespeare's characters and their worlds, they created iconic interpretations of Shakespeare's major roles that live on in our theatrical and cultural memory. This book examines the ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • Wayfaring Strangers

    The Musical Voyage from Scotland and Ulster to Appalachia

    by Fiona Ritchie, Doug Orr, Darcy Orr ...
    From the seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries, a steady stream of Scots migrated to Ulster and eventually onward across the Atlantic to resettle in the United States. Many of these Scots-Irish immigrants made their way into the mountains of the southern Appalachian region. They brought with them a wealth of traditional ballads and tunes from the British Isles and Ireland, a carrying stream ... Read more

    $21.89 USD

  • English Theatrical Anecdotes, 1660-1800

    by Heather Ladd, Leslie Ritchie, Máire MacNeill, Chelsea Phillips, Nevena Martinovic, Michael Burden, Fiona Ritchie, Seth Wilson, Elaine McGirr0, Amanda Weldy Boyd1, Danielle Bobker2 ...
    Series series Performing Celebrity
    The essays in English Theatrical Anecdotes, 1660-1800 explore the theatrical anecdote’s role in the construction of stage fame in England’s emergent celebrity culture during the long eighteenth century, as well as the challenges of employing such anecdotes in theatre scholarship today. This collection showcases scholarship that complicates the theatrical anecdote and shows its many sides and ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • "The Stage's Glory"

    John Rich (1692–1761)

    by Berta Joncus, Jeremy Barlow, Terry Jenkins, Robert D. Hume, Judith Milhous, David Hunter, Matthew J. Kinservik, Moira Goff, Linda J. Tomko0, Jennifer Thorp1, Donald Burrows2, Olive Baldwin3, Thelma Wilson4, Vanessa L. Rogers5, Fiona Ritchie6, Felicity Nussbaum7, Ana Martínez8, Al Coppola9, Robin Simon0, Marcus Risdell1 ...
    John Rich (1692-1761) was a profoundly influential figure of the eighteenth-century London stage. As producer, manager, and performer, he transformed the urban entertainment market, creating genres and promotional methods still with us today. This volume gives the first comprehensive overview of Rich’s multifaceted career, appreciation of which has suffered from his performing identity as Lun, ... Read more

    $39.59 USD

  • Women and Shakespeare in the Eighteenth Century

    by Fiona Ritchie ...
    Fiona Ritchie analyses the significant role played by women in the construction of Shakespeare's reputation which took place in the eighteenth century. The period's perception of Shakespeare as unlearned allowed many women to identify with him and in doing so they seized an opportunity to enter public life by writing about and performing his works. Actresses (such as Hannah Pritchard, Kitty Clive, ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • Multi-Species Dementia Studies

    Towards an Interdisciplinary Approach

    by Ann Madeline Toohey, David B. Hogan, Stuart Woods, Anne Crilly, Gail Davies, Richard Gorman, Richard Milne, Elizabeth Peel, Jennifer Hewson, Jayne Beselt, Damien Riggs, Lorena Sordo, Anne Rankin, Vanessa Ashall, Melanie Rock, Nik Taylor, Fiona L. Henriquez ...
    Dementia is one of the greatest challenges facing humanity in the 21st century. Responding to the global dementia challenge, however, affects more than humans alone. We live in a multi-species world but often think about dementia in mono-species ways. From the lab to the living room, other beings are “on the scene” and our relations with them affect how we understand, experience, and respond to ... Read more

    $37.79 USD

  • Shakespeare in the Eighteenth Century

    Edited by Fiona Ritchie, Peter Sabor ...
    In the eighteenth century, Shakespeare became indisputably the most popular English dramatist. Published editions, dramatic performances and all kinds of adaptations of his works proliferated and his influence on authors and genres was extensive. By the second half of the century Shakespeare's status had been fully established, and since that time he has remained central to English culture. ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

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    "A lively survey…her research and insights make us conscious of how we, today, use books."—John Sutherland, The New York Times Book ReviewTwo centuries before the advent of radio, television, and motion pictures, books were a cherished form of popular entertainment and an integral component of domestic social life. In this fascinating and vivid history, Abigail Williams explores the ways in which ... Read more

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