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Lives of Shakespearian Actors, Part V:

Beerbohm Tree, Henry Irving and Ellen Terry by their Contemporaries
Series Editor: Gail Marshall Consulting Editor: Tetsuo Kishi Volume Editors: Anjna Chouhan, Katharine Cockin, Victor Emeljanow and Denis Salter
3 Volume Set: c.1200pp: October 2012 978 1 85196 931 9: 234x156mm: 275/$495

These volumes chart the careers of three Shakespearian actors through reviews, interviews and reminiscences. Sources are chosen to illustrate individual performances and the contemporary responses to them. Herbert Beerbohm Tree epitomized the lateVictorian and Edwardian actor-manager. Known for his monumental productions of Shakespeare, he was criticized by many as vulgar. Yet his work was popular and his Shakespeare festivals celebrated Shakespeares place as a national and imperial figure. Famous for his distinctive mannerisms, Henry Irvings acting divided critics. Perhaps the best known of all the actor-managers, he often took responsibility for directing, set-design and casting, and re-opened the Lyceum theatre under his own control. In 1895 he was the first actor to be awarded a knighthood. Ellen Terry was considered the greatest Shakespearian actress in Britain. Brought into partnership with Irving, she spent two decades as his leading lady. Substantial volume introductions and extensive notes provide contextual analysis of the source material. This set will be essential to those researching the staging of Shakespeares plays, the History of the Theatre and to those teaching performance studies.

Ellen Terry (18471928) Reproduced from Colin Fords Julia Margaret Cameron: 19th Century Photographer of Genius (1864)

Contains over 300 rare documents, including reviews, articles and extracts from biographies Focuses on the contemporary response to performance Material is drawn from several periodicals including Era, Blackwoods Magazine and the Athenaeum Editorial apparatus includes a general introduction, chronology, volume introductions, headnotes and endnotes Consolidated index appears in the final volume

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Contents:
Volume 1: Beerbohm Tree
Herbert Beerbohm Tree, The Theatre (1881); Arthur Goddard, Herbert Beerbohm Tree, in Players of the Period (1891); Re-opening of the Haymarket, Era (1887); The Haymarket Theatre, Saturday Review (1887); Captain Swift , Era (1888); A Mans Shadow, Pall Mall Gazette (1889); Julia Nielson, This for Remembrance (1940) [extract]; London theatres The Haymarket, Era (1893); The Players World, Encore (1893); Hypatia, Jewish Chronicle (1893); Drama At His Majestys Theatre, Academy (1907); The London theatres The Haymarket Theatre, Era (1893); Trilby on the stage at Manchester: first performance in England, Daily News (1895); Trilby, Era (1895); Enemy of the People, Era (1893); X, Mr Trees Monday Nights, Fortnightly Review (1890); Merry Wives of Windsor, Saturday Review (1889); Drama: the Week, Athenaeum (1889); King John, Theatre (1889); William Archer, King Henry IV on the stage, Daily Chronicle (1896); G B Shaw, Henry IV , Saturday Review (1896) repr. Our Theatre in the Nineties (1932); Haymarket Theatre, Queen (1892); Art and Architecture on the stage: Twelfth Night (1901); Her Majestys Theatre, The Times (1901); The Merry Wives, Daily Mail (1902); His Majestys Theatre, Morning Post (1908); Othello at His Majestys Theatre, The Times (1912); Beerbohm Tree, The New Costume Society and the Stage, The Theatre (1883); Sidney Lee, Shakespeare and the Modern Stage, Shakespeare and the Modern Stage and other Essays (1906) [extract]; Beerbohm Tree, The Staging of Shakespeare, Fortnightly Review (1900); William Poel, The Staging of Shakespeare, Fortnightly Review (1900) [extract]; W Hughes Hallett, The staging of Shakespeare: a reply to Mr. Beerbohm Tree, Fortnightly Review (1900); Percy Fitzgerald, Shakespearean Representations (1908); London Shakespeare League, Report of a Public Discussion on the best method of presenting Shakespeares plays (1905); A Midsummer Nights Dream, Era (1900); His Majestys Theatre, The Times (1903); Beerbohm Tree, The Tempest in a Teacup, Thoughts and Afterthoughts (1904); Mrs George Cran, Shakespearean controversy and The Tempest , Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1907) [extract]; New Tempest, Daily Chronicle (1904); Desmond MacCarthy, Shakespeare at His Majestys, Speaker (1907); Drama-The Week, Athenaeum (1907); Harold Hodge, Antony and Cleopatra, Saturday Review (1907); The Shakespeare Festival, Era (1905); J T Grein, Shakespeares Festival at His Majestys Theatre, Sunday Times (1905); His Majestys Theatre Hamlet , The Times (1905); Carados, Shakespeare Celebration, Referee (1906); Merry Wives of Windsor, Morning Post (1907); A Jubilee Night at His Majestys Theatre, Standard (1907); Dramatic Gossip, Referee (1908); Shakespeare and the schools, Education (1909); Children at the theatre, Standard (1909); His Majestys-Shakespeare Festival, Observer (1909); His Majestys Theatre Hamlet , Stage (1910); An Elizabethan stage performance at His Majestys, Morning Post (1910); The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Westminster Gazette (1910); Fairies, Rabbits and some others, Pall Mall Gazette (1911); The London Shakespeare festival, The Times (1912); Mordred, Exit Shakespeare, Referee (1912); The Theatre the Shakespeare Festival at His Majestys, Academy (1913); W A, His Majestys, Star (1913); Sir Herbert Tree: a versatile actor and manager, The Times (1917); H M Walbrook, Beerbohm Tree and Shakespearean Theatre, Nineteenth Century (1917) [extract]; T P OConnor, Memories of Beerbohm Tree, a personal pen picture, Era Annual (1918) [extract]; Gordon Crosse, Shakespearean Playgoing 18901952 (1953) [extracts]

Volume 2: Henry Irving

Henry Irving Actor and Manager: A Criticism Of A Critics Criticism (1883); E R Russell, Mr. Irvings Work, Fortnightly Review (1884); By an Actor [Henry Irving], The Round Table. The Character Of Shylock, Theatre (1879); A B McMahan, Mr. Irvings Shylock, Dial (1893); [A B Walkley], Drury Lane Theatre. The Merchant Of Venice, The Times (1905); E R R[ussell], Henry Irving As Shylock, The Theatre: A Monthly Review Of The Drama, Music, And The Fine Arts (1880); P Fitzgerald, Irvings Acting. A Study, Whitehall Review (1880); [T Martin], Theatrical Reform: The Merchant Of Venice At The Lyceum, Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine (1879); The London Theatres. The Lyceum, Era (1882); Lyceum Theatre, The Times (1882); E R Russell, Mr. Irvings Work, Fortnightly Review (1884); W Archer, Twelfth Night At The Lyceum, Macmillans Magazine (1884); E Aveling, Twelfth Night At The Lyceum, Our Corner (1884); Drama. Mr. Irvings Hamlet , Examiner (1874); [M Schlesinger], A German Critique on Mr. Irvings Hamlet , The Times (1875); [R H Hutton], Mr. Irvings Hamlet , Spectator (1874); M Thomas, The Stage. Mr. Irving and Miss Ellen Terry at the Lyceum, Academy (1879); Lady Hardy, The Hamlet of the Day, Theatre (1879); [M Oliphant], Hamlet , Blackwoods (1879); [M E Braddon], Macbeth At The Lyceum Theatre, Belgravia (1876); E R Russell, Mr. Irvings Interpretations of Shakspeare [sic], Fortnightly Review (1883); Drama. Mr. Irvings Macbeth, Examiner (1875); Othello, Era (1876); Mr Irvings Othello [From Bells Weekly Messenger], Orchestra (1876); H Irving. Four Favourite Parts, English Illustrated Magazine (1893); Richard The Third At The Lyceum, Era (1877); Theatre Royal. Mr Henry Irving As Richard The Third, North British Daily Mail (1877); The Stage. Two Richards, Touchstone; or, The New Era (1877); G A S[ala], The Playhouses, Illustrated London News (1881); G A S[ala], The Playhouses, Illustrated London News (1881);

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Othello At The Lyceum, Saturday Review (1881); E R Russell, Romeo and Juliet at the Lyceum, Macmillans Magazine (1882); J T Grein, M. Irving et Mlle Terry au Lyceum, Reveue dArt Dramatique (1889); W A[rcher], The Theatre. Macbeth, World (1889); J R Towse, Sixty Years Of The Theater [sic]: An Old Critics Memories (1916) [extract]; An Old Playgoer, Macbeth At The Lyceum. The Real Macbeth. To The Editor Of The Daily Telegraph, The Daily Telegraph (1889); W Wallace, Sir Henry Irvings Claims, National Review (1896); G Barlow, Talent and Genius on the Stage, Contemporary Review (1892); The Drama. Henry VIII at the Lyceum, Daily News (1892); Richard III at the Lyceum, Lloyds Weekly Newspaper (1896); Richard III at the Lyceum, Standard (1896); The Round Table. Sir Henry Irvings Richard III , Theatre (1897); H J Jennings, King Lear At The Lyceum, Gentlemans Magazine (1892); King Lear At The Lyceum, Saturday Review (1892); King Lear, Saturday Review (1892); Lyceum Theatre. Cymbeline, Daily Graphic (1896); Drama. The Week. Lyceum. Cymbeline, Athenaeum (1896); F C G, Round the Theatres, Westminster Gazette (1896); Lyceum Theatre. Coriolanus, Daily Graphic (1901); J T Grein, Dramatic Criticism (1900) [extract]; R Dickins, Forty Years Of Shakespeare On The English Stage, August 1867 To August, 1907: A Students Memories [1907]; Warren, London Days: A Book of Reminiscences (1920)

Volume 3: Ellen Terry

Charles Dodgson, The Diaries of Lewis Carroll Volume One, ed. Roger Lancelyn Green (1953) [extracts]; Charles Tawse, Charles Keans Winters Tale, Theatre (1888); Frederick Wedmore, The Merchant of Venice at the Prince of Wales, The Stage (1875); Theatres, The Graphic (1875); J S, The Merchant of Venice at the Prince of Waless Theatre, Frasers Magazine (1875) Henry James, The Scenic Art of Henry James: Notes on Acting and the Drama 18721901 (1949) [extracts]; Charles Hiatt, Ellen Terry and Her Impersonations (1899) [extract]; John Ruskin letter to Henry Irving (1879); Theatrical Reform: The Merchant of Venice at the Lyceum, Blackwoods Magazine (1879); Miss Ellen Terry as Portia, The Illustrated London News (1880); Charles Hiatt, Ellen Terry and Her Impersonations (1899) [extracts]; Graham Robertson, Time Was: The Reminiscences of W Graham Robertson (1931) [extract]; ABW, The Drama, The Speaker (1898); King Lear at the Lyceum, The Times (1892); [GBS], Romeo and Juliet , Saturday Review (1895); GBS, Mainly About Shakespeare, Saturday Review (1897); Marie Corelli, Viola, Temple Bar (1884); William Archer, Twelfth Night at the Lyceum, Macmillans Magazine (1884); Charles Hiatt, Ellen Terry and Her Impersonations (1899) [extract]; George Bernard Shaw, Blaming the Bard, The Saturday Review (1896); R Warwick Bond, Cymbeline at the Lyceum, Fortnightly Review (1896);

Bram Stoker, The Art of Ellen Terry, Playgoer (1902); Bernard Partridge, Fifty Years A Queen (An Authors Tribute), Punch (1906); Basil Dean, Seven Ages (1970) [extract]; Kate Terry Gielgud, An Autobiography (1953) [extract]; Miss Ellen Terrys Jubilee Benefit, Review of Reviews (1906); Christopher St John, The First Actress (1911) [extract]; Miss Ellen Terry at the Haymarket, Academy (1911); Shakespeares Heroines by Ellen Terry, Review of Reviews (1910); [Anon], The Last Rosalind, Theatre (1885); Oscar Wilde, Shakespeare and Stage Costume, The Nineteenth Century (1885); William Archer, A Well-Graced Actress, National Review (1886); Henry James, The Acting in Mr Irvings Faust , The Scenic Art of Henry James: Notes on Acting and the Drama 18721901 (1949); Harry How, Illustrated Interview No. XVII: Ellen Terry, Strand (1892); T Edgar Pemberton, Ellen Terry and Her Sisters (1902) [extract]; Christopher St John, Ellen Terry (1907) [extract]; Henry Irving and Ellen Terry, The Bookman (1908); Edward Gordon Craig, Ellen Terry and Her Secret Self (1931); Virginia Woolf, Ellen Terry, New Statesman (1941); Edith Sitwell, Ellen Terry (18471928), English Women (1942); Graham Robertson, Time Was: The Reminiscences of W Graham Robertson (1931) [extract]; Ernest Milton, Heart and Hand, Edy: Recollections of Edith Craig (1949); Margaret Webster, The Same Only Different: Five Generations of a Great Family (1969) [extracts]; Christopher St John, Ellen Terrys Shrine, Sackbut (1933)
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Editors
Anjna Chouhan, University of Leicester Katharine Cockin, University of Hull Victor Emeljanow, Newcastle University Tetsuo Kishi, Kyoto University Gail Marshall, University of Leicester Denis Salter, McGill University

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Lives of Shakespearian Actors

Series Editor: Gail Marshall, Consulting Editor: Tetsuo Kishi
This series features actors who were significant in their development of new and innovative ways of performing Shakespeare. Extracts from diaries, memoirs, private letters, obituaries and other rare ephemera are drawn together to build a contemporary account of their acting achievements and personal lives.

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Ellen Terrys correspondence was both exuberant and extensive. Her remaining letters provide a fascinating insight into the dynamics of the Victorian theatre, and the difficulties of life for a woman maintaining a successful public persona whilst raising two illegitimate children. The collection brings together material from across the world, and includes letters to many famous addressees Bram Stoker and George Bernard Shaw among them as well as many lesser- or unknown recipients The presence of Ellen Terry is palpable in these extraordinarily expressive documents... Times Literary Supplement The Pickering Masters Volume 1: 288pp: 2010 978 1 85196 145 0: 234x156mm: 100/$180 Volume 2: 232pp: 2011 978 1 85196 146 7: 234x156mm: 100/$180 Volume 3: 416pp: April 2012 978 1 85196 147 4: 234x156mm: 100/$180 Volume 4: c.304pp: March 2013 978 1 85196 148 1: 234x156mm: 100/$180 Volume 5: c.304pp: 2014 978 1 85196 149 8: 234x156mm: 100/$180 Volume 6: c.304pp: 2015 978 1 85196 150 4: 234x156mm: 100/$180 Volume 7: c.304pp: 2016 978 1 85196 151 1: 234x156mm: 100/$180 Volume 8: c.304pp: 2017 978 1 85196 152 8: 234x156mm: 100/$180

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