Shakespeare in the London Theatre 1855-1858
by Theodor Fontane, translated and edited by Russell Jackson
Reports on Shakespeare in London by a leading German writer seeking to assess whether things were done better in Britain or Germany. He includes performances by Phelps, Charles Kean, Charles and Mrs Dillon and even an ‘intolerable’ ten-year-old Ellen Terry!
Hardback; 176 pp, 12 ill., ISBN 085430 064 3
Reports on Shakespeare in London by leading German writer, Theodor Fontane, seeking to assess whether things were done better in Britain or Germany
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