Life Of Mrs. Siddons (1834)

Author:   Thomas Campbell
Publisher:   Kessinger Publishing Co
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9781104279226


Pages:   260
Publication Date:   02 April 2009
Format:   Hardback
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: fairest of her predecessors?and that if Time could rebuild his ruins, and react the lost scenes of existence, he would present no female to match her on the tragic stage. CHAPTER III. First Introduction'of Females on the English Stage?Names and Characters of Mrs. Siddons's greatest Predecessors?Mrs. Betterton?Mrs. Anne Marshall?Mrs. Boutell?Mrs. Barry?Mrs. Bracegirdle?Mrs. Oldfield?Mrs. Porter?Mrs. Cibber?Mrs. Pritchard?Mrs. Yates? Mrs. Crawford. Until the time of Charles the Second, there were no women actors in our theatres. Female characters were performed by boys, or young men. Even after the Restoration, this custom was not all at once discontinued; and we hear of Kynaston, the last beautiful youth who figured in petticoats on the stage, having been carried about in his theatrical dress by ladies of fashion in their carriages. This was an unseemly spectacle, and we can forgive the Puritans for objecting to see men in women's clothing. But against this impropriety, the Puritans ought to have appealed to common sense and decency, instead of quoting a text from the Book of Deuteronomy, which forbids the appearance of men in female attire: for, though it is true that the Jewish law has interdicted the assumption of women's dress by men, yet it should be remembered that the Levitical law is not binding upon Christians. The restorers of our theatres, without troubling themselves about the Puritans, followed the custom of the Continent, in bringing women upon the stage, putting a stop to the impersonation of queens and heroines by he-creatures, who had sometimes to be shaved before they acted. Yet this admission of women among the players, though a great natural improvement, occurred in times and circumstances that made it appear at first rather an unfavourable change...

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Author:   Thomas Campbell
Publisher:   Kessinger Publishing Co
Imprint:   Kessinger Publishing Co
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.554kg
ISBN:  

9781104279226


ISBN 10:   1104279223
Pages:   260
Publication Date:   02 April 2009
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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