Lives of Shakespearian Actors, Part IV, Volume 1: Helen Faucit, Lucia Elizabeth Vestris and Fanny Kemble by Their Contemporaries [Hardcover]

Features three female actors who were significant in their development of new and innovative ways of performing Shakespeare.Features three female actors who were significant in their development of new and innovative ways of performing ShakespeareLIVES OF SHAKESPEARIAN ACTORS III VOLUME 1: HELEN FAUCIT Introduction I. First Performances: from Richmond to Covent Garden Helen Faucit, Juliet, On Some of Shakespeares Female Characters (1899) Miss Helen Faucit, Hiscoke and Sons Richmond Notes (1865) Theodore Martin, Helena Faucit, Lady Martin (1900), excerptII. Relationship with William Charles Macready The Diaries of William Charles Macready, ed. W. Toynbee (1912), excerpt III. Letters from Helen Faucit to William Charles Macready Helen Faucit, Letter to William Charles Macready, 14 July 1837 Helen Faucit, Letter to William Charles Macready, 2 March 1870 IV. Theodore Martin and Helen Faucit on her Collaborations with Macready Theodore Martin, Helena Faucit, Lady Martin (1900), excerpt Helen Faucit, Desdemona, On Some of Shakespeares Female Characters (1899) V. Performing in the Provinces and Parisian Engagement VI. Professional Life aft er Marriage: Final Performances Letter of Helen Faucit to Clement Scott (1893) VII. Professional Life aft er Marriage: Charitable Activities VIII. Shakespearian Roles: Beatrice Helen Faucit, Beatrice, On Some of Shakespeares Female Characters (1899) Review of Much Ado About Nothing, Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News (1879) IX. Shakespearian Roles: Hermione Helen Faucit, Hermione, On Some of Shakespeares Female Characters (1899) Review of The Winters Tale, Morning Post (1837) Review of The Winters Tale, Caledonian Mercury (1847) X. Imogen Helen Faucit, Imogen, On Some of Shakespeares Female Characters (1899) Charles Rice, Cymbeline, Covent-Garden Theatre, Thursday, May 18 1837 (1837) George Fletcher, Characters in Cymbeline, Studies of Shakespeare (1847) Henry Morley, Th e Journal of a London Playgoer (1866)lã5