Macbeth and the Players [Paperback]

Bartholomeusz reconstructs the major interpretations of the roles of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth on the English stage from 1611 to the 1960s.In this paperback edition of a pioneering work, Dennis Bartholomeusz reconstructs from prompt copies, playbills and contemporary accounts, the major interpretations of the roles of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth on the English stage from 1611 to the 1960s and relates the outstanding peformances of Burbage and Olivier, Siddons and Thorndike to the overall production history of Macbeth.In this paperback edition of a pioneering work, Dennis Bartholomeusz reconstructs from prompt copies, playbills and contemporary accounts, the major interpretations of the roles of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth on the English stage from 1611 to the 1960s and relates the outstanding peformances of Burbage and Olivier, Siddons and Thorndike to the overall production history of Macbeth.There is now considerable support for the view that a performance by an actor of genius can constitute a critical interpretation of a play and that only through such performance studies can a completely valid judgement about the play be made. In this paperback edition of a pioneering work, Dennis Bartholomeusz reconstructs from prompt copies, playbills and contemporary accounts, the major interpretations of the roles of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth on the English stage from 1611 to the 1960s and relates the outstanding peformances of Burbage and Olivier, Siddons and Thorndike to the overall production history of Macbeth.List of plates; Preface to the paperback edition; Preface; Introduction; List of abbreviations; 1. Macbeth at the Globe; 2. The age of Betterton; 3. Powell and Mills: Quin and Mrs Porter; 4. Garrick and Mrs Pritchard; 5. Interpretations from Mossop to Henderson; 6. Sarah Siddons and Kemble; 7. From Kemble to Macready; 8. Macready; 9. The years between Macready and Irving; 10. Interpretations from 1875 to 1911; 11. Tradition and innovation (191255); 12. Stratford (1955) -l3*