Description
With essays by leading experts on eighteenth-century culture, this volume provides a sustained critical examination of his career, illuminating many aspects of eighteenth-century theatrical culture and of the European Enlightenment, and explores the scholarly benefit - and thrill - of restaging Macklin's work in the twenty-first century.
About the Author
Ian Newman is Associate Professor at the University of Notre Dame. David O'Shaughnessy is Professor in the School of English and Creative Arts at NUI Galway.
Reviews
'With thirteen scholarly articles by established academics, this publication will without doubt restore Macklin to his rightful place as a towering personality of the London theatre world of the eighteenth century... [a] powerful academic panorama of Macklin's work.' Sean Beattie, Donegal Annual
'This collection will interest more than just fans of the Irish actor Charles Macklin. At stake in examining Macklin's life and work is the fashioning of a more capacious understanding of the Enlightenment... meticulous research also unearths evidence that expands our view of Macklin's impact on Georgian theatre.' Kristina Straub, Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Theatre Research
Book Information
ISBN 9781800856912
Author Ian Newman
Format Paperback
Page Count 344
Imprint Liverpool University Press
Publisher Liverpool University Press