Features actors who were significant in their development of new and innovative ways of performing Shakespeare. This title contains extracts from diaries, memoirs, private letters, and obituaries that present a contemporary account of their acting achievements and personal lives.
LIVES OF SHAKESPEARIAN ACTORS III VOLUME 3: WILLIAM CHARLES MACREADY
Introduction, Macreadys Early Years Macreadys Reminiscences and Selections
fr om his Diaries and Letters, ed. F. Pollock (1876), excerpts Romeo and
Juliet, Ariss Birmingham Gazette (11 June 1810) Hamlet, Newcastle
Advertiser (13 April 1813) Henry IV Part 1, Tyne Mercury (26 January 1813)
Romeo and Juliet, Bath Chronicle (5 January 1815) J. Genest, Some Account
of the English Stage (1832), excerpt The Young Contender as Richard III
Macreadys Reminiscences and Selections fr om his Diaries and Letters,
excerpts Richard III, Theatrical Inquisitor (1819) A Critical Examination
of the Respective Performances of Mr. Kean and Mr. Macready (1819), excerpts
F. D. C., Macready and Kean, Theatrical Inquisitor (1829) 5Establishing a
Reputation W. Hazlitt, Othello, Examiner (1816) L. Hunt, Coriolanus,
Examiner (1819) Macbeth, Theatrical Inquisitor (1820) Mr. Macready, The
Drama; or, Theatrical Pocket Magazine (1823) Actors of the Present Day No. 5
Mr. Macready, Theatrical Inquisitor (1828) L. Hunt, Macready as Hamlet
(1894) Prince Puckler-Muskau, Tour in England, Ireland and France
(1833),excerpt Kean and Macready in Othello, Th e Times (1832) Kean and
Macready, in Othello, Examiner A. Bunn, Th e Stage Both Before and Behind
the Curtain (1840), excerpt Management at the Patent Theatres Report from the
Select Committee on Dramatic Literature with the Minutes of the Evidence
(18312) J. R. Anderson, An Actors Life (1902), excerpt Macreadys
Reminiscences, and Selections from His Diaries and Letters, excerpt King
Lear, Macreadys acting edition, in Lacys Acting Editions of Plays (1851) J.
Forster, King Lear, Examiner (4 February 1838) Covent Garden Theatre,
Theatrical Observer: and Daily Bills of the Play (1838) Athenaeum (1842),
excerpt Athenaeum (1843), excerpt J. Coleman, Plays and Playwrights I Have
Known (1888), excerpt The Royal Visit and Closing of Drury Lane, Theatrical
Journal (1843) Macreadys Reminiscences and Selections fr om His Diaries and
Letters, Acting with Macready H. Faucit, On Some of Shakespeares Female
Characters (1891), excerpt C. Cushman, William Charles Macready,
Anglo-American (1844) L. Barrett, Charlotte Cushman A Lecture (1889) L. Drew,
Autobiographical Sketch of Mrs John Drew (1899), excerpts G. Vandenhoff ,
Leaves fr om An Actors Notebook (1860), excerpt F. A. Kemble, Records of
Later Life (1882), excerpt S. and M. Bancroft , Mr. and Mrs. Bancroft On and
Off the Stage, excerpt America Macreadys Reminiscences and Selections fr om
his Diaries and Letters, ed. F. Pollock (1876), excerpt Macready as
Macbeth, New York Mirror (1826) Macready as Hamlet, New York Mirror (1826)
Macready and Forrest, Boston Lyceum (1827) The Diaries of William Charles
Macready 18331851, ed. W. Toynbee (1912) Mr. Macreadys Macbeth, Spirit of
the Times (1843) Mr. Macready, Knickerbocker (1843), excerpt John Coleman,
Players and Playwrights I Have Known (1888) Letters to the Editor, Th e Times
(1845) Life in Town. Howard Athenaeum, Boston Daily Mail (1848) The
Macready Dinner at New Orleans, Spirit of the Times; A Chronicle of the
Turf, Agriculture, Field Sports (7 April 1849) Mr. Macready in America,
Theatrical Observer (1849) L. Wallack, Memories of Fifty Years with an
Introduction by Laurence Hutton (1889), excerpt The Diaries of William
Charles Macready 18331851, ed. W. Toynbee (1912), excerpt Paris Macreadys
Reminiscences and Selections from his Diaries and Letters, ed. F. Pollock
(1876), excerpt N. P. Chaulin, Biographie dramatiqus des principaux artistes
Anglais venus ą Paris, p?ecédée de Souvenirs historique du théātre anglaise ą
Paris en 1827 et 1828 (1828), excerpt T. Gautier, Histoire de lart
dramatique en France depuis vingt-cinq ans (1859) excerpt G. de Nerval, Les
Acteurs Anglais, LArtiste (1844), excerpt The Times (18445), excerpts
Retirement and Retrospective Mr. Macready at the Marylebone, Theatrical
Times (1848) Macready as an Actor, Theatrical Times (1848) Farewell Dinner
to W. C. Macready esq. Era (1851) A. L. Tennyson, To W. C. Macready,
Complete Works, excerpt W. C. Macready, Address delivered to the Sherborne
Literary Institution 12 May 1852 (1852) The Funeral of Macready, Era (1873)
G. H. Lewes, On Actors and the Art of Acting, excerpt W. Archer, William
Charles Macready (1890), excerpt Literature, Athenaeum (1875) Editorial
Notes
Series Editor: Gail Marshall, Consulting Editor: Tetsuo Kishi, Volume Editors: Robert Sawyer (Charles Kean), Julia Swindells & David Francis Taylor (Samuel Phelps), Richard Foulkes (William Charles Macready)