Robson of the Olympic

by Mollie Sands

A favourite of Queen Victoria in the Olympic Theatre's burlesque The Yellow Dwarf, and capable of abrupt transitions from side-splitting humour to heart-rending pathos -- as a burlesque Shylock, Medea (in travestie) and Macbeth, Frederick Robson was judged by some as the most remarkable actor of his time. Only his lack of height preventing him from becoming a fine tragic actor. This book rescues from oblivion one of the most theatrically exciting actors ever to perform in the English theatre.

Hardback, 168 pp, 19 illus. (4 in col), 1 facs, (1979), ISBN 085430 029 5, £10.50 ($21.00) inc. p&p.

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