num_pages: 364
description: George Frederick Cooke was a member of that select company of legendary actors -- Garrick, Kemble, Henderson, Kean -- who dominated the English stage during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He was the first important actor to cross the Atlantic and to play the theatres of the new United States. Don B. Wilmeth's extensive research in Cooke's journal and in many other contemporary sources provides us with a new appreciation of the actor's importance.
language: English
title: George Frederick Cooke: Machiavel of the Stage
titlecomplete: George Frederick Cooke: Machiavel of the Stage (Contributions in Drama and Theatre Studies)
ratings_count: 1
awards: awardedAt: 347184000000
name: Barnard Hewitt Award
publisher: Praeger