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Paperback A Passion for Performance: Sarah Siddons and Her Portraitists Book

ISBN: 0892365579

ISBN13: 9780892365579

A Passion for Performance: Sarah Siddons and Her Portraitists

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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...

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