Thomas Abthorpe Cooper
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-1935-7 (ISBN)
This work covers his entire life and career from his birth outside London in 1775, to his famed performance to celebrate the opening of the City of Washington in 1800, to his death in Bristol, Pennsylvania, in 1849. Much research is drawn from Mr. Cooper's letters to his mentor, English radical philosopher William Godwin. Throughout, there are descriptions of his principal portrayals at different stages drawn from contemporary accounts and theatrical reviews. There are also 22 illustrations, from paintings and engravings to playbills and photographs of the sites associated with the actor.
Professor of theatre and English F. Arant Maginnes taught at Birmingham-Southern College, the University of Alabama, and George Washington University. She lives near Washington, D.C.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations xiii
Preface
Introduction
Part
The Rise to Fame, 1775–1803
1. “This Wild Immeasurably Spread”—1800
2. British-Born—1775–88
3. “Aut Caesar aut Nihil”—1788–92
4. “The Die Is Cast”—1792–93
5. “My Fortune Smiles”
An Irish Benefit—1793
“Wretched Set of Mummers—1794
6. “A Young Gentleman”
Mr. Holcroft—1795
First Appearance—1795–96
7. The Wheel of Fortune—1796–98
8. The New House
The Park Debu—1798
André—1799
New Successes—1799
9. “Fame Is My Deity”
New York City—1799–1800
Philadelphia—1800–01
10. Rising Returns—1801–03
Part
The American Star, 1803–1849
11. An American Indeed
Drury Lane—1803
The Provinces—1803–04
12. The United States’ Star
New York and Philadelphia—1804-05
Boston—1805–06
The South—1806–07
13. Yankee Ingenuity
Itinerant Star—1807–10
“This Glorious Son of York”—1810
“A Hearty Welcome”—1811–12
14. The American Roscius—1812–19
15. A Rival
A New Vogue—1819–20
“A Triumph to Cooper”—1820–21
16. A New Venue—1820–25
17. Turning Tide
An American Tragedian—1825–28
Success and Sorrow—1828–33
18. “The Father of the American Stage”—1833–36
Epilogue 1835–49
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.9.2004 |
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Zusatzinfo | 22 photos, notes, bibliography, index |
Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 340 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV | |
Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett | |
ISBN-10 | 0-7864-1935-0 / 0786419350 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-7864-1935-7 / 9780786419357 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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