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6 Cards in this Set
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henry fielding |
-1707-54 english restoration english playwright and manager if 18th century -most successful play in 1731 "The Tragedy of Tragedies; the Life and Death of Tomb Thumb the Great" |
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Licensing act |
-1737-english restoration |
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Charles Macklin |
-significant actor -1699-1797-english restoration - 1741 changes acting of Shilog in "The Merchent of Venice" from Jewish comic stereotype to tragic role with huge success -changes acting of Macbeth from british army officer to Scottish highland officer -grumpy and short tempered, big chip on shoulder, opens a tavern |
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John Philip Kemble |
-actor manager in both theatres, main actor after garrick 1757-1823-english restoration -where garrick could be seen as rococo actor, Kemble is a Neoclassical actor |
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Sarah Siddons |
-Romantic Actor 1755-1831 english restoration (kemble sister) -considered perhaps greatest tragic actor of her time -worked both theatres -more famous than Kimble -emphasized emotion |
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Richard Brinsley Sheridan |
1751-1816 england restoration -last great playwright of 1700s/18th century -"School for Scandals" and "the Rivals" are 2 most famous plays -comedy of manners but more tame than restoration -revises many german plays and is forrunner for melodrama -tendancy towards gothic style-lots of bandits, forests, dungeons, ghosts, supernatural elements |
