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
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 479-495) and index.
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.