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A Good Country Gentlewoman: Catherine Clive's Epistolary Autobiography, Joallen Bradham
A Good Country Gentlewoman: Catherine Clive's Epistolary Autobiography, Joallen Bradham
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Unable to play the gentlewoman on stage, Catherine Clive lived the part in retirement. Her letters document the days and ways of the gentlewoman, Clive's need to assume the role, and the actress's awareness that she performs. In all details, Clive's gentlewoman conforms to contemporary expectations of that figure.
The Western States Theatre Review, Volume 6, 1998
The Western States Theatre Review, Volume 6, 1998
The Western States Theatre Review
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An Experiment In Acting: Miss In Her Teens, Todd Gillenardo
An Experiment In Acting: Miss In Her Teens, Todd Gillenardo
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The purpose of my thesis is to find ways of making Restoration characterization more natural, believable, and more realistic to a contemporary audience. In my attempt, I will study the works of David Garrick, and attempt to replicate an evening at the Drury Lane Theatre in the 18th century, by directing Miss in Her Teens, one of Garrick's comedies.
The first chapter of my thesis will explore David Garrick's natural style of acting which was revolutionizing theatre after the Restoration. He believed actors should be more natural and believable in their roles, portraying actual people in circumstances and not paper …