Three Tragic Actresses: Siddons, Rachel, Ristori

by Susan Bassnett, Michael Booth, John Stokes, et al.

This book examines the careers of three performers whose professional lives together spanned the period from the late eighteenth to the late nineteenth centuries, from the heyday of neo-Classicism to the coming of Realism. While the individual essays concentrate on the specific work of Siddons, Rachel and Ristori, a wide-ranging introduction relates their collective achievement to social and cultural change. All three rejuvenated a national repertoire...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521035554
• ISBN13: 9780521035552
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"