Title: Romantic drama
Description: "This book examines manifestations of change in acting, stage design, setting, and the new forms of drama during the Romantic period. Actors exercised a persistent habit of stepping out of their roles, whether scripted or not. Burwick traces the radical shifts in acting style from Garrick to Kemble and Siddons, and to Kean and Macready, adding a new dimension to understanding the shift in cultural sensibility from early to later Romantic literature. Eye-witness accounts by theatre-goers and critics attending plays at the major playhouses of London, the provinces, and on the Continent are provided, allowing readers to identify with the experience of being in the theatre during this tumultuous period."--Jacket.
Subjects: Theater, English drama, History and criticism, Acting, Theater and society, Theaters, Stage-setting and scenery, Theater audiences, History, Theater, great britain, history, English drama, history and criticism, 18th century, English drama, history and criticism, 19th century, Theater, political aspects, Theater, europe, history, Literature, history and criticism, Political aspects
Places: Great Britain
Time periods: 19th century, 18th century