Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Note on dates and texts
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Look, my lord, it comes
- Chapter 3 An obstinately shadowy Titan
- Chapter 4 An actor of London: early years, 1635–1659
- Chapter 5 A walk in the park
- Chapter 6 In the Duke’s Company, 1660–1663
- Chapter 7 Equal with the highest
- Chapter 8 Actor management
- Chapter 9 In the Company of the Duke
- Chapter 10 Union
- Chapter 11 Back to the future
- Chapter 12 Books and pictures
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- References
Notes
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2014
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Note on dates and texts
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Look, my lord, it comes
- Chapter 3 An obstinately shadowy Titan
- Chapter 4 An actor of London: early years, 1635–1659
- Chapter 5 A walk in the park
- Chapter 6 In the Duke’s Company, 1660–1663
- Chapter 7 Equal with the highest
- Chapter 8 Actor management
- Chapter 9 In the Company of the Duke
- Chapter 10 Union
- Chapter 11 Back to the future
- Chapter 12 Books and pictures
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- References
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- Thomas BettertonThe Greatest Actor of the Restoration Stage, pp. 184 - 231Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010
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