TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hughes,Amy E.
AU  - Stubbs,Naomi J.
ED  - Project Muse.
TI  - A Player and a Gentleman : : The Diary of Harry Watkins, Nineteenth-Century U.S. American Actor
SN  - 9780472902613
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Ann Arbor
PB  - University of Michigan Press
KW  - Watkins, Harry,
KW  - Theater
KW  - fast
KW  - Actors
KW  - Acteurs
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - Journaux intimes
KW  - Theâtre
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 19e siecle
KW  - United States
KW  - Diaries
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Electronic books.
KW  - local
N1  - Intro; Contents; Introduction; Editorial Policies; Harry Watkins (1825-1894): A Chronology; One. 1845-46; Two. 1846-47; Three. 1847-48; Four. 1848-49; Five. 1849-50; Six. 1850-51; Seven. 1851-52; Eight. 1852-53; Nine. 1853-54; Ten. 1854-55; Eleven. 1855-56; Twelve. 1856-57; Thirteen. 1857-58; Fourteen. 1858-60; Index of People; Index of Play Titles; Index of Subjects; Open Access
N2  - "Hardworking actor, playwright, and producer Harry Watkins (1825-94) was also a prolific diarist. For 15 years Watkins regularly recorded the plays he saw, the roles he performed, the books he read, and his impressions of current events. Performing across the U.S., Watkins collaborated with preeminent performers and producers, recording his successes and failures as well as his encounters with celebrities such as P.T. Barnum, Junius Brutus Booth, Edwin Forrest, Anna Cora Mowatt, and Lucy Stone. His is the only known diary of substance written by a U.S. actor before the Civil War--making Watkins, essentially, the antebellum equivalent of Samuel Pepys. Theater historians Amy E. Hughes and Naomi J. Stubbs have selected, edited, and annotated substantial excerpts from the diary in an edition that offers a vivid glimpse of how ordinary people like Watkins lived, loved, struggled, and triumphed during one of the most tumultuous periods in U.S. history. The selections in A Player and a Gentleman are drawn from a more expansive digital archive of the complete diary. The book, like its digital counterpart, will richly enhance our knowledge of antebellum theater culture and daily life in the U.S. during this period"--
UR  - https://muse.jhu.edu/book/60688/
ER  -