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Title: THREE TRAGIC ACTRESSES
SIDDONS, RACHEL, RISTORI
By: Michael Booth, John Stokes, Susan Bassnett
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 0521035554
ISBN 13: 9780521035552
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Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Pub. date: 5 March, 2007
Pages: 212
Description: This book examines the careers of three very different but pivotal actresses, placing their art in context.
Synopsis: This book examines the careers of three performers whose professional lives together spanned the period from the late eighteenth to the late nineteenth centuries, from the heyday of neo-Classicism to the coming of Realism. While the individual essays concentrate on the specific work of Siddons, Rachel and Ristori, a wide-ranging introduction relates their collective achievement to social and cultural change. All three rejuvenated a national repertoire and experimented with new forms of dramatic literature, achieving fame far beyond the boundaries of their own country. As they redefined the nature of tragic experience, as strong and independent women, they contributed greatly to changing concepts of gender and sexuality. Vivid reconstructions of their interpretations and unique accounts of theatrical conditions place the art of three very different but pivotal figures in context.
Illustrations: 25 b/w illus.
Publication: UK
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Returns: Returnable
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