Features actors who were significant in their development of new and innovative ways of performing Shakespeare. This title contains extracts from diaries, memoirs, private letters, and obituaries that present a contemporary account of their acting achievements and personal lives.
LIVES OF SHAKESPEARIAN ACTORS III VOLUME 2: SAMUEL PHELPS Introduction,
Old Sadlers Wells and the Breaking of the Monopoly The History of Sadlers
Wells, Era (1866) Theatre Regulation Act (1843) National Anti-Corn-Law
League at Sadlers Wells, Morning Chronicle (1843) W. M. Phelps and J.
Forbes-Robertson, Life and Life-Work of Samuel Phelps (1886), excerpts
Handbill distributed by Phelps and Warner, Intellectuals and Illiterates in
Islington, J. R. Towse, Sixty Years of the Th eater (1916), excerpt, C.
Dickens and R. Horne, Shakespeare and Newgate, Household Words (1851) W. M.
Phelps and J. Forbes-Robertson, Life and Life-Work of Samuel Phelps (1886),
excerpt, Dear Shakspeare, Punch (1844), Shakspere at Sadlers Wells,
Punch (1844), Our Dramatic Correspondent, Punch (1862) W. M. Phelps and J.
Forbes-Robertson, Life and Life-Work of Samuel Phelps (1886), excerpt, J. and
E. Coleman, Memoirs of Samuel Phelps, excerpt (1886). Sadlers Wells versus
the Princesss Theatre, Sadlers Wells Theatre, Morning Chronicle (1857)
(1886), excerpt Productions at the Wells: Rescuing the National Drama
Audacious Interference with Vested Rights, Punch (1845) (1886), excerpts,
H. Morley, Journal of a London Playgoer (1891), excerpts, T. Taylor, Mr
Phelps and the Fools Revenge, Theatre (1878) The Missionary of Dramatic
Legitimacy says his Farewells Mr Phelps and Sadlers Wells, Era (1862),
C. Scott, Sadlers Wells Th eatre, The Times (1862), S. Lee, Shakespeare
and the Modern Stage (1906), Phelps on the Provincial Circuit, 182637, W. M.
Phelps and J. Forbes-Robertson, Life and Life-Work of Samuel Phelps (1886),
excerpt Exeter Theatre, Trewmans Exeter Flying Post (1836) Exeter
Theatre, Trewmans Exeter Flying Post (1837) Phelps on the London Stage,
183744 The Theatres, Satirist; or, the Censor of the Times (1837)
Theatricals, Age (1837) Haymarket Theatre, Morning Chronicle (1837)
Phelps and Macready: Friends or Foes? The Diaries of William Charles
Macready, ed. W. Toynbee (1912), ; excerptsTradition, Mannerism and the
Phelpsean Style J. and E. Coleman, Memoirs of Samuel Phelps, excerpt (1886)
D. Cook, Mr Phelps, World (1876) H. B. Baker, History of the London Stage
and its Famous Players (1904) F. Harrison, Autobiographic Memoirs (1911),
excerpt 211 Phelps the Tragedian J. R. Towse, Sixty Years of the Th eater
(1916), excerpt C. Scott, Drury Lane Theatre, The Times (1863) H. Morley,
Journal of a London Playgoer (1866), excerpts Phelps the Comedian D. Jerrold,
Bully Bottom, Punch (1853) H. Morley, Journal of a London Playgoer (1866),
excerpts J. R. Towse, Sixty Years of the Th eater (1916), excerpt, Phelps and
the Shakespeare Tercentenary, S. Phelps, Tercentenary Celebration of the
Birth of Shakespeare [ 1864] C. L. Kenney, Mr Phelps and the Critics of His
Correspondence with the Stratford Committee (1864) The Shaksperian
Commemoration in London Proceedings on Primrose Hill, Reynolds Newspaper
(1864) The Shakespeare Tercentenary Celebration London, The Times (1864)
Women out of the Limelight Important Theatrical County Court Case, Lloyds
Weekly Newspaper (1850) H. Faucit, On Some of Shakespeares Female Characters
(1885), excerpt So Falls the Last of the Brave Troop W. M. Phelps and J.
Forbes-Robertson, The Life and Life-Work of Samuel Phelps (1886), excerpts J.
and E. Coleman, Memoirs of Samuel Phelps (1886), excerpt C. Scott, Mr
Phelps, Theatre (1878) So Falls the Last of the Brave Troop, Punch (1878)
Sadlers Wells under the Hammer, Era (1875) A. Cooper, The Wells, Era
(1893) H. Simms, Samuel Phelps, Era (1893) Editorial Notes
Series Editor: Gail Marshall, Consulting Editor: Tetsuo Kishi, Volume Editors: Robert Sawyer (Charles Kean), Julia Swindells & David Francis Taylor (Samuel Phelps), Richard Foulkes (William Charles Macready)
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