Beschreibung:
The first biography for more than 100 years of the greatest English actor between Burbage and Garrick, Thomas Betterton.
Introduction; 1. Look my lord, it comes: Betterton's Hamlet; 2. An obstinately shadowy Titan: Betterton in biography; 3. An actor of London: early years, 1635¿1659; 4. A walk in the park: Betterton and the scene of comedy; 5. In the Duke's Company, 1660¿1663; 6. Equal with the highest: Thomas Betterton and Henry Harris, 1663¿1668; 7. Actor management: running the Duke's Company; 8. In the company of the Duke: Betterton and Catholic politics in the 1670s; 9. Union: Betterton and theatrical monopoly, 1682¿1695; 10. Back to the future: breakaway to semi-retirement; 11. Books and pictures: Betterton and the Chandos portrait; Bibliography.