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Title: Hazlitt on Theatre: Selections from the View of the English Stage and Criticisms and Dramatic Essays by William Hazlitt, William Archer, Robert Lowe ISBN: 0-88355-847-5 Publisher: Hyperion Press Incorporated of Westport, CT Pub. Date: October, 1980 Format: Hardcover List Price(USD): $26.00

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Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)

Rating: 4
Summary: quality writing on theatre, acting, and Shakespeare
Comment: Hazlitt's an early 19th century (Regency) writer and theatre critic. This book collects his reviews and descriptions of the
top actors of his day (Kean, Kemble, Siddons, ...) in Shakespearean and other roles. Frankly, he doesn't go into as much detail as I'd like, but what details he gives us of these classic performances, while not revolutionary are fun to envision, and give us an idea of the state of theatre at the time. He tends to drift off into raptures about a play or actor (or Shakespeare in general), but his enthusiasm is catching, and his language beautiful.
Note that if you've read Hazlitt's "Characters in Shakespeare's Plays" some of the material will not be new to you, but enough is that I think if you enjoyed that, you'll want to read this too.