A Passion for Performance: Sarah Siddons and Her Portraitists

by Mark Leonard, Shelley Bennett, Shearer West

Book Overview

Renowned for her majestic beauty and impassioned performances, the English actress Sarah Siddons (1755-1831) revolutionized the aesthetics of eighteenth-century theater while inventing a complex public persona to promote her fame. Her flair for self-presentation was matched by the showmanship of the many artists who portrayed her.
Here three lively essays--by Robyn Asleson, Shelley Bennett, Mark Leonard, and Shearer West--explore Siddons's life...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892365579
• ISBN13: 9780892365579
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.9" x 11.1"