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Fi's Ability - a memoir (Paperback): Fiona Ritchie Fi's Ability - a memoir (Paperback)
Fiona Ritchie
R301 R273 Discovery Miles 2 730 Save R28 (9%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

‘Fi’s Ability – a memoir’ is a charming stroll through a daughter’s early years, and more recently, her experience spending lockdown with her blind, slightly deaf, cynical and wobbly nonagenarian mother. ‘On my Mother’s Life’ is a cry for help, well… that’s how social services interpreted it. Throughout lockdown, many people spent more time with their family than they were comfortable with; the letters convey just how a mother and daughter muddled along. Gin features heavily to deal with the daily frustrations. Following this, ‘Adventures of a Ginger Girl’ is a charming peep at a childhood in Cornwall, through the eyes of a permanently red girl with strong opinions and extremely big knickers.

Shakespeare in the Theatre: Sarah Siddons and John Philip Kemble (Hardcover): Fiona Ritchie Shakespeare in the Theatre: Sarah Siddons and John Philip Kemble (Hardcover)
Fiona Ritchie; Series edited by Bridget Escolme, Farah Karim-Cooper, Peter Holland
R2,547 Discovery Miles 25 470 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Siblings Sarah Siddons (1755-1831) and John Philip Kemble (1757-1823) were the most famous British actors of the late-18th and early-19th centuries. Through their powerful acting and meticulous conceptualisation of Shakespeare's characters and their worlds, they created iconic interpretations of Shakespeare's major roles that live on in our theatrical and cultural memory. This book examines the actors' long careers on the London stage, from Siddons's debut in 1782 to Kemble's retirement in 1817, encompassing Kemble's time as theatre manager, when he sought to foreground their strengths as Shakespearean performers in his productions. Over the course of more than thirty years, Siddons and Kemble appeared opposite one another in many Shakespeare plays, including King John, Henry VIII, Coriolanus and Macbeth. The actors had to negotiate two major Shakespeare scandals: the staging of Vortigern - a fake Shakespearean play - in 1796 and the Old Price Riots of 1809, during which the audience challenged Siddons's and Kemble's perceived attempts to control Shakespeare. Fiona Ritchie examines the siblings' careers, focusing on their collaborations, as well as placing Siddons's and Kemble's Shakespeare performances in the context of contemporary 18th- and 19th-century drama. The volume not only offers a detailed consideration of London theatre, but also explores the importance of provincial performance to the actors, notably in the case of Hamlet - a role in which both appeared across Britain and in Ireland.

Women and Shakespeare in the Eighteenth Century (Hardcover): Fiona Ritchie Women and Shakespeare in the Eighteenth Century (Hardcover)
Fiona Ritchie
R2,495 Discovery Miles 24 950 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Fiona Ritchie analyses the significant role played by women in the construction of Shakespeare's reputation which took place in the eighteenth century. The period's perception of Shakespeare as unlearned allowed many women to identify with him and in doing so they seized an opportunity to enter public life by writing about and performing his works. Actresses (such as Hannah Pritchard, Kitty Clive, Susannah Cibber, Dorothy Jordan and Sarah Siddons), female playgoers (including the Shakespeare Ladies Club) and women critics (like Charlotte Lennox, Elizabeth Montagu, Elizabeth Griffith and Elizabeth Inchbald), had a profound effect on Shakespeare's reception. Interdisciplinary in approach and employing a broad range of sources, this book's analysis of criticism, performance and audience response shows that in constructing Shakespeare's significance for themselves and for society, women were instrumental in the establishment of Shakespeare at the forefront of English literature, theatre, culture and society in the eighteenth century and beyond.

Wayfaring Strangers - The Musical Voyage from Scotland and Ulster to Appalachia (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition): Fiona... Wayfaring Strangers - The Musical Voyage from Scotland and Ulster to Appalachia (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
Fiona Ritchie, Doug Orr, Darcy Orr; Foreword by Dolly Parton
R897 R781 Discovery Miles 7 810 Save R116 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

...revisit the people and places and deepen your enjoyment of the sublime BBC tv series "Wayfaring Stranger" ...in these pages revisit people and places you loved in the BBC tv series "Wayfaring Stranger" ... by the authors as featured in the acclaimed BBC tv series "Wayfaring Stranger" Throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, a steady stream of Scots migrated to Ulster and eventually onward across the Atlantic to resettle in the United States. Many of these Scots-Irish immigrants made their way into the mountains of the southern Appalachian region. They brought with them a wealth of traditional ballads and tunes from the British Isles and Ireland, a carrying stream that merged with sounds and songs of English, German, Welsh, African American, French, and Cherokee origin. Their enduring legacy of music flows today from Appalachia back to Ireland and Scotland and around the globe. In Wayfaring Strangers, Fiona Ritchie and Doug Orr guide readers on a musical voyage across oceans, linking people and songs through centuries of adaptation and change. From ancient ballads at the heart of the tradition to instruments that express this dynamic music, Ritchie and Orr chronicle the details of an epic journey.

Women and Shakespeare in the Eighteenth Century (Paperback): Fiona Ritchie Women and Shakespeare in the Eighteenth Century (Paperback)
Fiona Ritchie
R943 Discovery Miles 9 430 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Fiona Ritchie analyses the significant role played by women in the construction of Shakespeare's reputation which took place in the eighteenth century. The period's perception of Shakespeare as unlearned allowed many women to identify with him and in doing so they seized an opportunity to enter public life by writing about and performing his works. Actresses (such as Hannah Pritchard, Kitty Clive, Susannah Cibber, Dorothy Jordan and Sarah Siddons), female playgoers (including the Shakespeare Ladies Club) and women critics (like Charlotte Lennox, Elizabeth Montagu, Elizabeth Griffith and Elizabeth Inchbald), had a profound effect on Shakespeare's reception. Interdisciplinary in approach and employing a broad range of sources, this book's analysis of criticism, performance and audience response shows that in constructing Shakespeare's significance for themselves and for society, women were instrumental in the establishment of Shakespeare at the forefront of English literature, theatre, culture and society in the eighteenth century and beyond.

Shakespeare in the Eighteenth Century (Paperback): Fiona Ritchie, Peter Sabor Shakespeare in the Eighteenth Century (Paperback)
Fiona Ritchie, Peter Sabor
R850 Discovery Miles 8 500 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In the eighteenth century, Shakespeare became indisputably the most popular English dramatist. Published editions, dramatic performances and all kinds of adaptations of his works proliferated and his influence on authors and genres was extensive. By the second half of the century Shakespeare's status had been fully established, and since that time he has remained central to English culture. Shakespeare in the Eighteenth Century explores the impact he had on various aspects of culture and society: not only in literature and the theatre, but also in visual arts, music and even national identity. The eighteenth century's Shakespeare, however, was not our Shakespeare. In recovering the particular ways in which his works were read and used during this crucial period in his reception, this book, with its many illustrations and annotated bibliography, is the clearest way into understanding this key phase in the reception of the playwright.

Shakespeare in the Eighteenth Century (Hardcover, New): Fiona Ritchie, Peter Sabor Shakespeare in the Eighteenth Century (Hardcover, New)
Fiona Ritchie, Peter Sabor
R3,510 R3,017 Discovery Miles 30 170 Save R493 (14%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In the eighteenth century, Shakespeare became indisputably the most popular English dramatist. Published editions, dramatic performances and all kinds of adaptations of his works proliferated and his influence on authors and genres was extensive. By the second half of the century Shakespeare's status had been fully established, and since that time he has remained central to English culture. Shakespeare in the Eighteenth Century explores the impact he had on various aspects of culture and society: not only in literature and the theatre, but also in visual arts, music and even national identity. The eighteenth century's Shakespeare, however, was not our Shakespeare. In recovering the particular ways in which his works were read and used during this crucial period in his reception, this book, with its many illustrations and annotated bibliography, is the clearest way into understanding this key phase in the reception of the playwright.

Garibaldi's Legs (Paperback): Fiona Ritchie Walker Garibaldi's Legs (Paperback)
Fiona Ritchie Walker
R153 Discovery Miles 1 530 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Shakespeare in the Theatre: Sarah Siddons and John Philip Kemble (Paperback): Fiona Ritchie Shakespeare in the Theatre: Sarah Siddons and John Philip Kemble (Paperback)
Fiona Ritchie
R1,215 Discovery Miles 12 150 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Siblings Sarah Siddons (1755–1831) and John Philip Kemble (1757–1823) were the most famous British actors of the late-18th and early-19th centuries. Through their powerful acting and meticulous conceptualisation of Shakespeare’s characters and their worlds, they created iconic interpretations of Shakespeare’s major roles that live on in our theatrical and cultural memory. This book examines the actors’ long careers on the London stage, from Siddons’s debut in 1782 to Kemble’s retirement in 1817, encompassing Kemble’s time as theatre manager, when he sought to foreground their strengths as Shakespearean performers in his productions. Over the course of more than thirty years, Siddons and Kemble appeared opposite one another in many Shakespeare plays, including King John, Henry VIII, Coriolanus and Macbeth. The actors had to negotiate two major Shakespeare scandals: the staging of Vortigern – a fake Shakespearean play – in 1796 and the Old Price Riots of 1809, during which the audience challenged Siddons’s and Kemble’s perceived attempts to control Shakespeare. Fiona Ritchie examines the siblings’ careers, focusing on their collaborations, as well as placing Siddons’s and Kemble’s Shakespeare performances in the context of contemporary 18th- and 19th-century drama. The volume not only offers a detailed consideration of London theatre, but also explores the importance of provincial performance to the actors, notably in the case of Hamlet – a role in which both appeared across Britain and in Ireland.

English Theatrical Anecdotes, 1660-1800 (Paperback): Heather Ladd, Leslie Ritchie English Theatrical Anecdotes, 1660-1800 (Paperback)
Heather Ladd, Leslie Ritchie; Contributions by Leslie Ritchie, Máire MacNeill, Heather Ladd, …
R1,012 R891 Discovery Miles 8 910 Save R121 (12%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The essays in English Theatrical Anecdotes, 1660-1800 explore the theatrical anecdote’s role in the construction of stage fame in England’s emergent celebrity culture during the long eighteenth century, as well as the challenges of employing such anecdotes in theatre scholarship today. This collection showcases scholarship that complicates the theatrical anecdote and shows its many sides and applications beyond the expected comic punch. Discussing anecdotal narratives about theatre people as producing, maintaining, and sometimes toppling individual fame, this book crucially investigates a key mechanism of celebrity in the long eighteenth century that reaches into the nineteenth century and beyond. The anecdote erases boundaries between public and private and fictionalizing the individual in ways deeply familiar to twenty-first century celebrity culture.

English Theatrical Anecdotes, 1660-1800 (Hardcover): Heather Ladd, Leslie Ritchie English Theatrical Anecdotes, 1660-1800 (Hardcover)
Heather Ladd, Leslie Ritchie; Contributions by Leslie Ritchie, Máire MacNeill, Heather Ladd, …
R3,340 R3,098 Discovery Miles 30 980 Save R242 (7%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The essays in English Theatrical Anecdotes, 1660-1800 explore the theatrical anecdote’s role in the construction of stage fame in England’s emergent celebrity culture during the long eighteenth century, as well as the challenges of employing such anecdotes in theatre scholarship today. This collection showcases scholarship that complicates the theatrical anecdote and shows its many sides and applications beyond the expected comic punch. Discussing anecdotal narratives about theatre people as producing, maintaining, and sometimes toppling individual fame, this book crucially investigates a key mechanism of celebrity in the long eighteenth century that reaches into the nineteenth century and beyond. The anecdote erases boundaries between public and private and fictionalizing the individual in ways deeply familiar to twenty-first century celebrity culture.

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