Ebook: Cressida
Author: Wright Nicholas
- Tags: Child actors -- Drama. Theater -- England -- History -- 17th century -- Drama. London (England) -- Drama. DRAMA -- English Irish Scottish Welsh. Child actors. Theater. England. England -- London.
- Series: NHB modern plays
- Year: 2014
- Publisher: Nick Hern Books
- City: New York, England., England--London., London (England)
- Language: English
- epub
A comedy drama set in the seedily glamorous world of 17th-century London theatre. John Shank is an actor, talent-scout and trainer of boy players in the 1630s, when women's roles are still played by precocious boys. Up to his eyes in debt, Shank's only hope of escaping destitution is an unpromising 14-year-old would-be, Stephen Hammerton. Can he train up Stephen to be the new star of the London stage?
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John Shank is an actor, talent-scout and trainer of boy players in the seedy, glamorous backstage world of 1630s London theatre. Women are still not allowed on stage, their roles taken by precocious Read more...
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