Robert William Elliston, Manager

by Christopher Murray


A study of one of the most colourful characters of the Regency stage, behind whose histrionic posturing, drinking, libertinage and bankruptcy lay a man with a burning zeal for theatre. A leading actor at Drury Lane he became manager at the Olympic, the Surrey, Birmingham Theatre Royal and other theatres as well as of Drury Lane.

Hardback, 224pp, 17 illus., (1975), ISBN 085430 005 8, £10.50 ($21.00) inc. p&p.


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