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English poet, critic, philosopher
Championed Shakespeare
Desperately addicted to opium, it eventually killed him
His lectures on Shakespeare were hugely important. He ‘saved Hamlet’
Rime of the Ancient Mariner |
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English Romantic poet
Published Lyrical Ballads (the ‘manifesto’ of English romantic poetry) with Coleridge
The Prelude, published posthumously by his wife, is considered to be his masterpiece. |
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English Romantic Poet
Ode to a Nightingale 1819. |
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English Romantic Poet, lyric poet
Ode to the West Wind, Alastor, Prometheus Unbound
To a Skylark |
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Scottish poet and dramatist.
was very well-known during her lifetime and, though a woman, intended her plays not for the closet but for the stage. |
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Scottish historical novelist and poet. He was popular globally.
Survived polio, but it left him crippled
Studied classics at the University of Edinburgh, but eventually became a lawyer
Mark Twain hated his work, and frequently mocked him. |
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English poet and playwright
One of the foremost Victorian Poets
Writer of ‘dramatic monologues’ in which problematic characters reveal themselves indirectly and with poetic eloquence |
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Oldest son of the Kemble family
The critic Richard Sharp describes him: “He is a very handsome man, almost tall and almost large, with features of a sensible but fixed and tragic cast; his action is graceful, though somewhat formal...Upon the whole he strikes me rather as a finished French performer than as a varied and vigorous English actor.” |
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Born into the Kemble family.
One of the best known tragic actresses of her time |
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bought the Olympic Theatre in 1813
was an English actor and theatre manager. |
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The younger brother of John Philip Kemble, Stephen Kemble, and Sarah Siddons. The youngest son of Roger Kemble and Sally Ward (also actors).
Known for his Laertes and Macduff |
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English actor
George III was a fan
He broke both legs during an equestrian feat when he worked at the circus. This accident affected him for the rest of his life.
He acted with Sarah Siddons who called him a “horrid little man”
2 months before his death he was performing Othello with his son Charles (who was playing Iago) when he collapsed, saying “O God, I am dying. Speak to them Charles”.
It is alleged that his last words were “dying is easy; comedy is hard” |
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English actor
He is said to have initiated the romantic style of acting later made famous by Edmund Kean.
Found great success playing rakes and villains
Had a reputation for disappearing on drinking binges. At one point he enlisted himself in the British army in a regimen due for the Caribbean. Theatre managers got him out of this engagement.
Most famous for his Richard III
Died of cirrhosis in Manhattan while on tour in the states.
There are macabre rumors about his corpse. Some claim that Edmund Kean brought Cooke’s big toe or finger with him back to England. There is another, even less likely, legend that Cooke’s skull was used as Yorick in a production of Hamlet. |
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Son of William Macready, also a theatre practitioner
His tour to the US in 1849 was partially responsible for the Astor Place Riots. |
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Born Lucia Bartolozzi in London
Known for her contralto and beauty, and for her breeches roles.
Played Oberon
Married her second husband, Charles Mathews, in 1838, and managed several theatres with him. |
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Pioneer in American theatre. He was a producer, playwright, actor, artist, and historian.
Managed the Park Theatre in New York, one of the cities earliest and most prominent theatres. |
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Theatre in Philadelphia
The first American theatre to be lit by gas. |
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First building specifically built for theater in Boston
Burned in 1798 but was rebuilt. Burned again in the late 1800s. |
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American playwright
Chief justice of the Supreme Court of Vermont
Served in the Massachusetts militia under John Hancock |
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| took the first company west (to Kentucky) in 1815. |
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A theatre in the Bowery neighborhood of NYC. Founded to compete with the Park Theatre
Managed by Thomas Hamblin and James Hackett
The Bowery had a reputation for being specifically geared towards American theatre, while Park Theatre was more British and European. Also had a reputation for being rather rowdy. |
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English actor
The father of John Wilkes Booth (who assassinated Lincoln), Edwin Booth, and Junius Brutus Booth, Jr.
All these Booth boys were involved in theatre. John and Edwin were both actors, and Junius Jr was an actor and manager.
Had a complicated personal life. He ended up developing madness and alcoholism, and he was sometimes called “the mad tragedian” |
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Astor place riots (Macready vs Forrest)
Known for his ‘believable’ black face
Lobbied on behalf of small theatres against the major theatre conglomerates |
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| Riots of Forrest vs. Macready |
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American Actor and Dramatist
suffered periods of insanity and he committed suicide by jumping into the Schuylkill River |
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| American soldier, playwright, and politician. He rose to major in the army during the War of 1812, wrote ten plays, and served as mayor of Philadelphia. |
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| Dance popularized by Thomas D. Rice |
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| Blackface theatre, silly characters, laughed at, not with |
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Established The African Theatre, and African American acting troupe in NYC in the 1820s. The troupe produced original works by Brown, Shakespeare, and anti-slavery works at the African Grove Theatre. They experienced frequent persecution at the hands of whites, including police harassment ad threats. There is evidence that Stephen Price, owner of The Park Theatre, paid for a riot intended to shut Brown’s production of Richard III down.
Brown’s theatre produced two of the earliest widely-known African American performers: James Hewlett and Ira Aldridge |
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African/American Theatre company
They experienced frequent persecution at the hands of whites, including police harassment ad threats. There is evidence that Stephen Price, owner of The Park Theatre, paid for a riot intended to shut Brown’s production of Richard III down |
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African American actor. Hugely successful in Shakespeare.
Educated at the African Free School in NYC, worked at The African Grove Theatre with the African Company
Toured Europe, performing in Russia in Russian |
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American performer. “The Nations Darling”
Her family moved west as part of the Gold Rush. She would perform in the mining camps, dancing for the miners. Her mother was her manager and collected all Lotte’s wages in gold, which she stored in a steamer trunk.
Smoked thinly rolled black cigars ( shocking), threw parties, drove horses, and painted. |
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English actor, playwright and manager who moved to the US
Published the Gentlemen’s Magazine, which Edgar Allan Poe edited for a while. |
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| American manager and playwright. Built Theatre named after himself in New York and in London Trained actors. He wanted to “stoop to the curb and bestow upon the low, untried actor a chance at greatness” Worked with Isadora Duncan |
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American actor, playwright, manager
Studied in Paris with Delsarte
Helped establish the first acting school in the US, The Lyceum Theatre School, which later became the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
Invented the Nebulator (a machine for creating clouds) |
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American playwright who started out in journalism.
He is best known for his play Shenandoah
Important because he created ‘indigenous’ drama. Drama that was specifically American. |
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| English dramatist, critic, biographer, public servant, and editor of Punch magazine. He wrote about 100 plays during his career, including Our American Cousin, famous as the play which was being performed in the presence of American President Abraham Lincoln when he was assassinated in 1865. |
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Irish-American playwright, manager, and actor
Wrote melodramas
Worked with William James Macready
He wrote the hugely important anti-slavery play :The Octoroon |
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| English playwright and humorist who worked with Arthur Sullivan in operettas. |
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| Composer who worked with W.S. Gilbert |
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British actor and manager
One of the most famous actors of the 19th century
Was significant enough to be spoken of as a rival to Edmund Kean
Published an annotated edition of Shakespeare’s plays |
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| English actor-manager best known for his revivals of Shakespearean plays |
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French/English Actor
Had a horrible temper, which prevented him from being a successful manager.
A sculptor as well, he balanced his professional acting career with successful sculpting projects. |
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English actor/managers
Managed the Prince of Wales Theatre and the Haymarket Theatre
Partially responsible for the popularity of the box set
Gentrified the theatre, decorating even the low priced ticket areas nicely.
Provided their actors with salaries and wardrobes |
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British playwright whose realistic social comedies and directorial work helped define late 19th century England.
Worked for Mme Vestris
Was produced by the Bancrofts
His stress on domestic realism gave rise to a style known as “cup and saucer” drama |
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The first actor to be knighted (1895)
Actor/manager who dominated English theatre
Long time friend of Bram Stoker
Spent years in stock companies, then moved up to the Haymarket. Not the greatest of actors. He moved, apparently, like “a man trying to get over a plowed field hastily”
Managed the Lyceum for years, and it was under his leadership that the Lyceum became one of the leading theatres of England. |
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Henry Irving’s leading lady for 24 years
Mother of Gordon Craig
Was a child actor for Edmund Kean
Was a friend of Shaw
Oscar Wilde allegedly write a sonnet for her after seeing her perform |
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| Scenic Designer, lighting designer, used color |
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