Lisa Zunshine

During the eighteenth century, treatises on the science of elocution, gesture, and naturalness abounded. Acting Theory and the English Stage, 1700-1830 Volume 1 draws together a representative selection of the most difficult-to-access texts from the period. It assists cultural historians in examining the place of stagecraft in the eighteenth-century imagination.

During the eighteenth century, treatises on the science of elocution, gesture and naturalness abounded. Acting Theory and the English Stage, 1700-1830 Volume 3 draws together a representative selection of the most difficult-to-access texts in the period. It helps cultural historians to examine the place of stagecraft in the eighteenth-century imagination.

During the eighteenth century, treatises on the science of elocution, gesture and naturalness abounded. Acting Theory and the English Stage, 1700-1830 Volume 5 draws together a representative selection of the most difficult-to-access texts from the period. It helps cultural historians to examine the place of stagecraft in the eighteenth-century imagination.