Author: [?COOKE (William)]:
Title: Theatrical Biography: Or, Memoirs of the Principal Performers of the Three Theatres Royal. Drury-Lane. Mr. Garrick...[inter alia]. Covent-Garden. Mr. Ross...[inter alia]. Hay-Market. Mr. Foote...[inter alia]. Together with Critical and impartial Remarks on their respective professional Merits.
Description: London: Printed for S. Bladon..., 1772. 2 volumes in 1. Small 8vo, 147 x 89 mms., pp. [ii], vii [viii blank], 156; [ii], 147 [148 blank, 149 - 153 index], contemporary calf, later reback in roan, morocco, new end-papers; corners a bit worn, but a good copy. A short review in The Monthly Review for 1772 commented, "On the whole, these Theatrical Lives, though not of the most exemplary or moral kind, are written in a sprightly, agreeable strain; and the Author seems to have been well furnished with anecdotes proper for such an undertaking: but of the authenticity of these materials, we are not altogether competent judges." Such a sentiment has seldom stopped many reviewers.

Keywords: biography theatre literature


See more books from our catalog: Biography