Memoirs of the Life of Charles Macklin, Esq.
Memoirs of the Life of Charles Macklin, Esq.
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GBPDrawing on his own papers and first published in 1799, this two-volume account traces the colourful life of the actor and playwright Charles Macklin (c.1699–1797). His long career serves as the focal point in a history of the eighteenth-century theatre and its most celebrated performers. Hailed for his enduring interpretation of Shakespeare's Shylock, a role he played for some fifty years, Macklin has been credited with the theatre's move towards realism. His life was just as dramatic offstage, marked as it was by a series of controversies and fierce rivalries. In 1735 he was convicted of the manslaughter of a fellow actor in a quarrel over a wig, and in 1775 he successfully pressed charges of conspiracy against theatregoers who had rioted during his performances. Volume 1 covers Macklin's childhood and early career, including his trial for the killing of Thomas Hallam.
Product details
September 2013Paperback
9781108064668
500 pages
216 × 140 × 28 mm
0.63kg
1 b/w illus.
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Table of Contents
- Dedication
- 1. Mr Macklin's family
- 2. Education
- 3. The stage
- 4. The Borough
- 5. Mr Macklin's mother
- 6. Macklin in London
- 7. The theatre at Bristol
- 8. Applies himself to study
- 9. History of the theatres continued
- 10. History of the theatres continued
- 11. History of the theatres continued
- 12. The Provok'd Wife
- 13. Macklin's real age
- 14. A stroller
- 15. His first appearance
- 16. The Miser
- 17. The Haymarket theatre
- 18. Quin mortified
- 19. Macklin engages in a new plan
- 20. Othello at Covent Garden
- 21. Thinks about leaving the stage
- 22. How he employs his time
- 23. Mrs Macklin dies
- 24. The Married Libertine
- 25. Back to Ireland
- 26. Miss Catley becomes a pupil.
