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British Entertainers in France /
This volume presents a record of visits to France by British entertainers and reports their reception by the critics, the artists, and the public. Speculation as to influence is indulged in only where influence seems to have been apparent and indisputable.
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Toronto :
University of Toronto Press,
[2019]
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| Colección: | Heritage
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- 1. Prelude, with Variations
- 2. Battle Royal
- 3. On with the Dance
- 4. "Cut the Dialect and Come to the 'Osses"
- 5. The Pleasures of a Year and the Follies of a Day
- 6. Beauty and the Beast
- 7. "Once More Unto the Breach ... "
- 8. Shakespeare, Smithson, Shore, and Company
- 9. Anticlimax
- 10. "Well Have We Done, Thrice Valiant Countrymen"
- 11. History Repeats Itself
- 12. Here Come the Clowns!
- 13. Tumblers and Talkers, a Fool and Footitt
- 14. The Why and Wherefore
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- Index of Proper Names