The First Actresses

Author : Gillian Perry,Joseph R. Roach,Shearer West
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Actresses
ISBN : 1855144115

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The First Actresses by Gillian Perry,Joseph R. Roach,Shearer West Pdf

Featuring a range of large-scale, public and more intimate portraits of actresses, The First Actresses provides a vivid spectacle of femininity, fashion and theatricality from Nell Gwyn to Sarah Siddons. Ranging from oil paint to porcelain, these portraits illustrate the enduring popularity of portraits of women performers. Crucially the book seeks to reassess the traditional association between actress and'prostitute', and the moral ambiguity of women playing male roles. Portraiture became an important vehicle for the expression of concerns about female sexuality, social status, decorum, gender and celebrity. The authors also chart the commercialisation of the spectacle of the actress, as well as the connections between the eighteenth-century 'star system' and modern celebrity culture. Organised thematically, sections include: 'Painting Acresses' Lives', 'Nell Gwyn and Covent Garden Goddesses', 'Divas, Dancing and the Rage for Music: Painting Women in Musical Performance', 'Beauty, Ageing and the Body Politic of the Eighteenth-Century Actress' and 'Star Systems'. Illustrated with remarkable paintings by major artists of the period, a fascinating and lucid text reveals the many ways in which women performers enabled artistic innovation and creativity, provoked intellectual debate and contributed to the popularity and visibility of the theatre. Accompanies an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, London, 20 October 2011 - 8 January 2012

Author : Elizabeth Howe
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1992-06-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0521422108

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The First English Actresses by Elizabeth Howe Pdf

This book describes how and why women were permitted to act on the public stage after 1660 in England.

Author : Felicity Nussbaum
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2011-10-11
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780812206890

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Rival Queens by Felicity Nussbaum Pdf

In eighteenth-century England, actresses were frequently dismissed as mere prostitutes trading on their sexual power rather than their talents. Yet they were, Felicity Nussbaum argues, central to the success of a newly commercial theater. Urban, recently moneyed, and thoroughly engaged with their audiences, celebrated actresses were among the first women to achieve social mobility, cultural authority, and financial independence. In fact, Nussbaum contends, the eighteenth century might well be called the "age of the actress" in the British theater, given women's influence on the dramatic repertory and, through it, on the definition of femininity. Treating individual star actresses who helped spark a cult of celebrity—especially Anne Oldfield, Susannah Cibber, Catherine Clive, Margaret Woffington, Frances Abington, and George Anne Bellamy—Rival Queens reveals the way these women animated issues of national identity, property, patronage, and fashion in the context of their dramatic performances. Actresses intentionally heightened their commercial appeal by catapulting the rivalries among themselves to center stage. They also boldly challenged in importance the actor-managers who have long dominated eighteenth-century theater history and criticism. Felicity Nussbaum combines an emphasis on the actresses themselves with close analysis of their diverse roles in works by major playwrights, including George Farquhar, Nicholas Rowe, Colley Cibber, Arthur Murphy, David Garrick, Isaac Bickerstaff, and Richard Sheridan. Hers is a comprehensive and original argument about the importance of actresses as the first modern subjects, actively shaping their public identities to make themselves into celebrated properties.

Author : Rosamond Gilder
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Actors
ISBN : UOM:39076006836428

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Enter the Actress by Rosamond Gilder Pdf

Author : Virginia Scott
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2010-07-08
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781139491648

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Women on the Stage in Early Modern France by Virginia Scott Pdf

Focusing on actresses in France during the early modern period, Virginia Scott examines how the stereotype of the actress has been constructed. The study then moves beyond that stereotype to detail the reality of the personal and artistic lives of women on the French stage, from the almost unknown Marie Ferré - who signed a contract for 12 livres a year in 1545 to perform the 'antiquailles de Rome or other histories, moralities, farces, and acrobatics' in the provinces - to the queens of the eighteenth-century Paris stage, whose 'adventures' have overshadowed their artistic triumphs. The book also investigates the ways in which actresses made invaluable contributions to the development of the French theatre in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and looks at the 'afterlives' of such women as Armande Béjart, Marquise Du Parc, Charlotte Desmares, Adrienne Lecouvreur, and Hippolyte Clairon in biographies, plays, and films.

Author : C. W. Gortner
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781524799076

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The First Actress by C. W. Gortner Pdf

"From her beginnings as the daughter of a courtesan to her extraordinary transformation into the most celebrated actress of her era, Sarah Bernhardt is brought to life ... Told in her own voice, this is Sarah Bernhardt's incandescent story--a fascinating, intimate account of a woman whose unrivaled talent and indomitable spirit has enshrined her in history as the Divine Sarah"--

Author : Henry Wysham Lanier
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1930
Category : Actresses
ISBN : UOM:39015019806614

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The First English Actresses by Henry Wysham Lanier Pdf

Author : Stephen Tapert
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 517 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2019-12-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781978808058

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Best Actress by Stephen Tapert Pdf

Showcasing a dazzling collection of 200 photographs, many of which have never before been seen, this lavishly illustrated book offers a captivating historical, social, and political examination of the first 75 women--from Janet Gaynor to Emma Stone--to have won the coveted and legendary Academy Award for Best Actress.t Actress.

Author : Catherine Hindson
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2016-06
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781609384258

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London's West End Actresses and the Origins of Celebrity Charity, 1880-1920 by Catherine Hindson Pdf

Chapter 6. "Killing Kruger with Your Mouth" | The Actress, Charity Recitations, and the Second Anglo Boer War -- Chapter 7. The "Comforteers" | Actresses and Charity Activity during the First World War -- Conclusion | "Get an Actress First. If You Can't Get an Actress Then Get a Duchess."--Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Author : Marcellas Reynolds
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-26
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781647003807

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Supreme Actresses by Marcellas Reynolds Pdf

A comprehensive collection of photographs, interviews, and profiles of the most influential Black actresses who have worked in film, television, and theater Foreword by Gabrielle Union Marcellas Reynolds, the author of Supreme Models, presents the first-ever art book dedicated to celebrating Black actresses and exploring their experiences in acting. Through stunning photographs, personal interviews, short biographies, and career milestones, Supreme Actresses chronicles the most influential Black actresses who have worked in film, television, and theater. From Hattie McDaniel, the first actress of color to win an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1939, to Dorothy Dandridge, the first actress of color to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1954. And from Ethel Waters, the first African American actress to be featured on an American sitcom in 1950, to Cicely Tyson, the first African American star of a TV drama in 1963. The performances by these talented actresses are ingrained into our memories. We experienced laughter, love, and loss with these women. But how did they begin their acting careers? Who were the first Black actresses who paved the way? What are their defining moments? What effects did racial prejudice have on their careers? Supreme Actresses remembers and celebrates the groundbreaking women who have been influencing culture for decades, reshaping the very standards of beauty in modern society.

Author : Karen Hollinger
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-08
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781135205898

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The Actress by Karen Hollinger Pdf

The Actress: Hollywood Acting and the Female Star investigates the contemporary film actress both as an artist and as an ideological construct. Divided into two sections, The Actress first examines the major issues in studying film acting, stardom, and the Hollywood actress. Combining theories of screen acting and of film stardom, The Actress presents a synthesis of methodologies and offers the student and scholar a new approach to these two subjects of study.

Author : Anne Enright
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2020-03-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780771005923

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Actress by Anne Enright Pdf

LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE 2020 Man Booker Prize-winner and bestselling author Anne Enright's latest--a brilliant and moving novel about fame, sexual power, and a daughter's search to understand her mother's hidden truths. This is the story of Irish theatre legend, Katherine O'Dell, as written by her daughter Norah. It tells of early stardom in Hollywood, of highs and lows on the stages of Dublin and London's West End. Katherine's life is a grand performance, with young Norah watching from the wings. But this romance between mother and daughter cannot survive Katherine's past, or the world's damage. As Norah uncovers her mother's secrets, she acquires a few of her own. Then, fame turns to infamy when Katherine decides to commit a bizarre crime. Actress is about a daughter's search for the truth: the dark secret in the bright star, and what drove Katherine finally mad. Brilliantly capturing the glamour of post-war America and the shabbiness of 1970s Dublin, Actress is an intensely moving, disturbing novel about mothers and daughters and the men in their lives. A scintillating examination of the corrosive nature of celebrity, it is also a sad and triumphant tale of freedom from bad love, and from the avid gaze of the crowd.

Author : Brander Matthews,Laurence Hutton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Actors
ISBN : RUTGERS:39030032717169

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Actors and Actresses of Great Britain and the United States by Brander Matthews,Laurence Hutton Pdf

Author : John Robert Allman
Publisher : Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Page : 43 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2023-10-03
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780593377871

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A Is for Audra: Broadway's Leading Ladies from A to Z by John Robert Allman Pdf

Broadway babies, it's never too early to learn about the great women of American musical theater! From Audra McDonald to Liza with a "Z," this is a showstopping alphabet board book featuring your favorite leading ladies of the Broadway stage. Step into the spotlight and celebrate a cavalcade of Broadway's legendary leading ladies. Start with "A" for six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald, then sing and dance your way through the alphabet with beloved entertainers like Carol Channing, Angela Lansbury, Patti LuPone, Bernadette Peters, Chita Rivera, Lea Salonga, and Liza Minnelli! With their signature voices and iconic roles, these talented women have created some of the greatest moments in musical theater history. Broadway fans and theater lovers everywhere will give a standing ovation to this one-of-a-kind tribute full of toe-tapping rhymes, with illustrations as bright and beautiful as the shining lights on any marquee.

Author : Brander Matthews,Laurence Hutton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Actors
ISBN : UGA:32108003192286

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Actors and Actresses of Great Britain and the United States: Garrick and his contemporaries by Brander Matthews,Laurence Hutton Pdf