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The Secret of the Green-Room Containing Authentic and Entertaining Memoires of the Actors and Acresses in the Three Theatres Royal (2 Volume Set)
by Haslewood, Joseph, 1769-1833
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
London: For J. Haslewood, 1795. Octavo. In two volumes. A new edition, with improvements to which is prefixed A sketch of the history of the English stage. Volume I: lx, 361 pages, with an index of the performer's names. Volume II: 391 pages with a similar index of additional performers. Many were spouters (the tradition of amateurs who memorized parts of the major plays and occasionally rose to prominence). Chapter I has a long section on the controversial Mrs. Harriet Esten. Haslewood complains about actors who strut in an unnatural way that loses the theme of the drama. Bound in 3/4 dark blue cloth over marbled paper covered boards, original spine labels gilt, marbled endpapers. Not a professional binding but quite serviceable. A clean copy with only an occasional spots of scattered foxing.
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- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 029046
- Title
- The Secret of the Green-Room Containing Authentic and Entertaining Memoires of the Actors and Acresses in the Three Theatres Royal (2 Volume Set)
- Author
- Haslewood, Joseph, 1769-1833
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- For J. Haslewood
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1795
- Keywords
- Mrs. Harriet Esten; Strut in 18th Century Theatre; spoutes in 18th Century Plays
- Bookseller catalogs
- Shakespeare;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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Scottsdale, Arizona
About Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Octavo
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
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