The Incomparable Hester Santlow
The Incomparable Hester Santlow
A Dancer-Actress on the Georgian Stage
Von:Goff Moira
Inhalt
In the first full-length account of the English dancer-actress Hester Santlow, Moira Goff traces this remarkable woman's career at Drury Lane between 1706 and 1733. Making extensive use of archival resources, Goff demonstrates Santlow's unique contribution to the development of dance on the London stage, and examines Santlow's fascinating personal life, including her relationships with the politician James Craggs the Younger and the Drury Lane actor-manager Barton Booth.
Bibliografische Angaben
Dezember 2007, 200 Seiten, Performance in the Long Eighteenth Century: Studies in Theatre, Music, Dance, Englisch
Taylor and Francis
978-0-7546-5805-4