Thomas Sheridan of Smock-Alley : recording his life as actor and theater manager in both Dublin and London, and including a Smock-Alley calendar for the years of his management / by Esther K. Sheldon.
Alternate Title(s):
Half-title: Thomas Sheridan of Smock-Alley 1719-1788
Published / Created:
Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1967.
Physical Description:
x, 530 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Holdings:
Reference LibraryPN2601 S47 1967 (LC)
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 479-495) and index.This account of Thomas Sheridan's career as theater manager has been based on biographies written by his contemporaries, on 18th-century newspapers and pamphlets, and on letters written to and by Sheridan. The author also gives us much new information about Sheridan's relations with David Garrick. In an appendix, the author has included a Smock-Alley Calendar, giving a daily record of performances and casts. Most of the material in the Calendar has not been collected before and should be invaluable to theater historians.
Contents:
Gentleman into player -- Theatrical hero into theater manager -- The Garrick winter -- Dublin in an uproar -- Winning the Dublin public -- King Tom -- Calm before storm -- Cry havoc again -- A plague on both your Dublin houses -- The reluctant actor -- Clear the exits once again.
Subject Terms:
Sheridan, Thomas, 1719–1788. | Smock Alley Theatre. | Theater -- Ireland -- Dublin -- History -- 18th century. | Theater -- England -- London -- History -- 18th century. | Actors -- Great Britain -- Biography. | Theatrical managers -- Great Britain -- Biography. | Sheridan, Thomas, 1719–1788. | Smock Alley Theatre. | Actors. | Theater. | Theatrical managers. | England -- London. | Great Britain. | Ireland -- Dublin. | Hilles, Frederick Whiley, 1900– -- Provenance (BAC,REF)
Form/Genre:
Biography. | Biographies. | History. | Biographies.