J jefferson farjeon biography of rorys baby
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One of the great things about good books is the memories that they hold of where you began reading it, or even where you got it. This book is connected in my mind with hearing the author, Lucinda Hawksley, speaking about the writing of this biography of one of Queen Victoria’s daughters, in a yurt in Hexham, Northumberland.
(We were in the yurt. As far as I know, no yurts feature in the book)
Anyway, it was interesting to hear about the writing of a royal biography, especially as this one seemed to present more problems than most. Princess Louise, the sixth child, is on record as being rebellious and much loved by the people of both Britain and Canada. She was an artist, producing sculptures that still remain on public display. She seemed to have entered into an unhappy marriage to a Scottish Duke who went on to be a Governor of Canada, and was officially childless. She was born in in 1848, and died in the first few months of the Second World War, after a life time of great change and upheaval as she experienced family members being overthrown and fighting in the First World War. By all accounts she worked tirelessly for charities and opportunities for women in the face of opposition from within her own family.
So far, so straightforward.
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The Man Who Was Rip Van Winkle: Joseph Jefferson and Nineteenth-Century American Theatre 9780300150186
Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Cradled in the Profession
2. Marking the Progress of Civilization
3. Behind the Cart of Thespis
4. An Actor Prepares
5. Echoing the Public Voice
6. Triumphs in Comedy and Melodrama
7. Nibbling at Stardom
8. A Mighty Nimrod of Theatrical Touring
9. Mr. Jefferson and Rip Van Winkle
10. Bringing the ‘‘Sleepy Piece’’ Home
11. A Fellow of Infinite Jest, of Most Excellent Fancy
12. Are We So Soon Forgot?
Epilogue
Notes
Index
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The Man Who Was Rip Van Winkle
BENJAMIN McARTHUR
The Man Who Was Rip Van Winkle JOSEPH JEFFERSON AND N I N E T E E N T H - C E N T U RY A M E R I C A N T H E AT R E
Yale University Press New Haven & London
Published with assistance from the Kingsley Trust Association Publication Fund established by the Scroll and Key Society of Yale College. Copyright ∫ 2007 by Yale University. All rights reserved. This book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, including illustrations, in any form (beyond that copying permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law and except by reviewers for the public press), without written permission from the publishers. Set i
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