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Synonyms: actor; doer; histrion; player; role player; thespian; worker
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Little Masterpieces of Autobiography: Actors / Iles, George, 1852-1942
Project Gutenberg Etext of [19th Century Actor] Autobiographies edited by George Iles ... your donations. [19th Century Actor] Autobiographies edited by George Iles April, 1999 [Etext #1702 details...- creator(s) - Iles, George, 1852-1942
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- subject(s) - actor; actors; irving; booth; theatre; stage; henry irving; dramatic; lady macbeth; edwin booth; dramatic; theatre; lady macbeth; stage; irving; edwin booth; actors; henry irving; booth; actor;
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The melancholy tale of "me"; my remembrances / Sothern, E. H
Sothern, E. H The melancholy tale of "me"; my remembrances C. Scribner's sons Actors ... details...- creator(s) - Sothern, E. H
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The self-enchanted : Mae Murray : image of an era / / Ardmore, Jane Kesner
Ardmore, Jane Kesner The self-enchanted : Mae Murray : image of an era / McGraw-Hill Murray, Mae Actresses Actors ... details...- creator(s) - Ardmore, Jane Kesner
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- subject(s) - Murray, Mae; Actresses; Actors;
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The Drama / Irving, Henry Brodribb, 1870-1919
[Illustration] CONTENTS I. The Stage as it is II. The Art of Acting III. Four Great Actors ... with which a practised actor, impregnated by the associations of his life, and by study--with all the practical details...- creator(s) - Irving, Henry Brodribb, 1870-1919
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- subject(s) - actor; garrick; kean; edmund kean; stage; actors; theatre; shakespeare; drama; dramatic; art; dramatic; theatre; stage; actors; edmund kean; art; kean; actor; drama; shakespeare; garrick;
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A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character / Cook, Dutton, 1829-1883
, followed the travelling theatre of that primeval actor and manager, and attended a second and a third ... . There are no such actors now as once there were, nor such actresses. The drama has declined into a state almost past details...- creator(s) - Cook, Dutton, 1829-1883
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- subject(s) - theatre; stage; actor; actors; drury lane; players; covent garden; audience; theatres; drury lane; theatre; stage; theatres; players; audience; actors; actor; covent garden;
- title - A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character
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A History of Pantomime / Broadbent, R. J.
--Woodward, the Harlequin--The meaning of the word Actor--Harlequins--"Dr. Faustus," a description--William Rufus Chetwood ... --Dubois--Arthur and Charles Leclerq--"Jimmy" Barnes--Famous Pantaloons--Miss Farren--Mrs. Siddons--Columbines--Notable Actors details...- creator(s) - Broadbent, R. J.
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- subject(s) - pantomime; harlequin; pantomimes; clown; comedy; drury lane; theatre; covent garden; stage; italian; drama; actors; actor; tragedy; clown; italian; drury lane; harlequin; pantomime; theatre; comedy; stage; tragedy; actors; actor; drama; covent garden; pantomimes;
- title - A History of Pantomime
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Shakespeare, Bacon, and the Great Unknown / Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912
or to disbelieve. There exists, I believe, only one personal anecdote of Will, the actor, and on it the Baconians ... that it had an esoteric meaning." {0g} Then, it seems, "the world"--the "multitude"--regarded the actor as the author details...- creator(s) - Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912
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- subject(s) - shakespeare; greenwood; problem restated; shakspere; bacon; ben; shakespeare problem; actor; ben jonson; will shakspere; titus andronicus; problem; shakespearean plays; william shakespeare; ben jonson; shakspere; titus andronicus; william shakespeare; shakespearean plays; will shakspere; bacon; problem; problem restated; greenwood; ben; actor; shakespeare problem; shakespeare;
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Shadows of the Stage / Winter, William, 1836-1917
periodicals, and since the summer of 1865 he has written continuously in the New York Tribune, upon actors ... of John Brougham; The Press and the Stage; The Actor and Other Speeches; and A Daughter of Comedy details...- creator(s) - Winter, William, 1836-1917
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- subject(s) - actor; edwin booth; ada rehan; booth; edwin; jefferson; stage; dramatic; theatre; shakespeare; ellen terry; comedy; henry irving; eugene aram; edwin; ellen terry; jefferson; dramatic; eugene aram; theatre; ada rehan; comedy; stage; edwin booth; henry irving; booth; actor; shakespeare;
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The Case of Mrs. Clive / Clive, Catherine, 1711-1785
playhouses between 1737 and 1743, full-time professional actors and actresses were in effect locked ... with other actors and her audiences, and her strong loyalty to her profession would hinder their legislated power details...- creator(s) - Clive, Catherine, 1711-1785
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- subject(s) - clive; drury; drury lane; fleetwood; macklin; garrick; lane; players; actors; theatre; salary; salaries; london; stage; drury lane; london; lane; macklin; theatre; drury; salaries; stage; players; fleetwood; actors; clive; salary; garrick;
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The Story of My Life Recollections and Reflections / Terry, Ellen, 1848-1928
, I gather that this attic was in theatrical lodgings in Glasgow. My father was an actor, my mother ... actor in his day, but a friend of Sir Walter Scott's. There was an Eliza Terry, an actress whose details...- creator(s) - Terry, Ellen, 1848-1928
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- subject(s) - sqq; henry irving; lyceum; irving; theater; ellen terry; terry; henry; stage; actor; henry irving's; evelyn smalley; lyceum; theater; ellen terry; sqq; terry; henry; stage; evelyn smalley; irving; henry irving; actor; henry irving's;
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