Noel Chevalier (77 results)

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Paperback. Condition: Good. David Garrick, the leading actor of his time, was also one of its most accomplished dramatists, and The Clandestine Marriageis perhaps his finest play. Its story centres on the household of a wealthy merchant, Mr. Sterling, whose main concern is that his two daughters marry men of wealth. Fanny has defied her apprentice; her sister Betsey is engaged to be married to Sir John Melvil. But Melvil and his friend Lord Ogleby both fall in love with Fanny. It is up to Lovewell to persuade both men that marriage to Fanny is out of the question--without revealing to them that he has already married her. The action of the play and also its setting (a landscape garden designed after the fashion of the time to provide artificial wildness and 'commanding' views) give ample scope for Garrick and Coleman to satirize the mercantile mind--yet the play's comic spirit holds appeal to those on all points of the political compass. First produced in 1766, The Clandestine Marriagewas revived to great acclaim in 1995 in a London production starring Nigel Hawthorne. Full-length plays of the late eighteenth century were usually performed together with short plays (or 'afterpieces') to form a full evening of entertainment. In accordance with that tradition this edition is completed by two of the most interesting examples of the genre: Charles Burney's The Cunning-Man(which in fact was several times performed alongside The Clandestine Marriageduring the 1766-67 season) and The Rehearsal; or Bayes in Petticoatsby Catherine Clive (who played Mrs. Heidelberg in the original production of The Clandestine Marriage).…

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Paperback. Condition: Good. David Garrick, the leading actor of his time, was also one of its most accomplished dramatists, and The Clandestine Marriageis perhaps his finest play. Its story centres on the household of a wealthy merchant, Mr. Sterling, whose main concern is that his two daughters marry men of wealth. Fanny has defied her apprentice; her sister Betsey is engaged to be married to Sir John Melvil. But Melvil and his friend Lord Ogleby both fall in love with Fanny. It is up to Lovewell to persuade both men that marriage to Fanny is out of the question--without revealing to them that he has already married her. The action of the play and also its setting (a landscape garden designed after the fashion of the time to provide artificial wildness and 'commanding' views) give ample scope for Garrick and Coleman to satirize the mercantile mind--yet the play's comic spirit holds appeal to those on all points of the political compass. First produced in 1766, The Clandestine Marriagewas revived to great acclaim in 1995 in a London production starring Nigel Hawthorne. Full-length plays of the late eighteenth century were usually performed together with short plays (or 'afterpieces') to form a full evening of entertainment. In accordance with that tradition this edition is completed by two of the most interesting examples of the genre: Charles Burney's The Cunning-Man(which in fact was several times performed alongside The Clandestine Marriageduring the 1766-67 season) and The Rehearsal; or Bayes in Petticoatsby Catherine Clive (who played Mrs. Heidelberg in the original production of The Clandestine Marriage).…

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Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 233 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Stain on back cover. Slightly creased spine. Johannes Vermeer (Cover Art); Noel Sutton (Author Photo) (illustrator).

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Book contains pencil markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,400grams, ISBN:9781551110271.…

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Paperback. Condition: New. David Garrick, the leading actor of his time, was also one of its most accomplished dramatists, and The Clandestine Marriage is perhaps his finest play. Its story centres on the household of a wealthy merchant, Mr. Sterling, whose main concern is that his two daughters marry men of wealth. Fanny has defied her apprentice; her sister Betsey is engaged to be married to Sir John Melvil. But Melvil and his friend Lord Ogleby both fall in love with Fanny. It is up to Lovewell to persuade both men that marriage to Fanny is out of the question-without revealing to them that he has already married her.The action of the play and also its setting (a landscape garden designed after the fashion of the time to provide artificial wildness and 'commanding' views) give ample scope for Garrick and Coleman to satirize the mercantile mind-yet the play's comic spirit holds appeal to those on all points of the political compass. First produced in 1766, The Clandestine Marriage was revived to great acclaim in 1995 in a London production starring Nigel Hawthorne.Full-length plays of the late eighteenth century were usually performed together with short plays (or 'afterpieces') to form a full evening of entertainment. In accordance with that tradition this edition is completed by two of the most interesting examples of the genre: Charles Burney's The Cunning-Man (which in fact was several times performed alongside The Clandestine Marriage during the 1766-67 season) and The Rehearsal; or Bayes in Petticoats by Catherine Clive (who played Mrs. Heidelberg in the original production of The Clandestine Marriage).…

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Paperback. Condition: New. A bestseller upon its publication in 1724, Charles Johnson's General History of the Pyrates shaped public perceptions of piracy with its portraits of such legendary figures as Blackbeard, Mary Read, Anne Bonny, and Bartholomew Roberts. Yet despite influencing everything from Treasure Island to Peter Pan, Johnson's book has yet to be taken seriously as a literary work in its own right. This study explores how General History of the Pyrates was at the heart of early eighteenth-century British debates about commerce, colonialism, and law. Examining how pirates are depicted as both monsters and Great Men, Noel Chevalier untangles the contradictions within a Britain emerging as a colonial superpower, where ruthlessness and ambition were both feared and praised. Traveling the high seas to plunder treasure from foreign lands, pirates were not so different from the British capitalists who built fortunes from resource extraction, the plantation economy, and the transatlantic slave trade. Connecting the work to later books like Gulliver's Travels and The Beggar's Opera that satirized the era and its power-hungry prime minister Robert Walpole, Chevalier shows how the pirate became an iconic figure in 1720s Britain, a time of cold-hearted capitalism and rapacious colonial expansion.…

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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 272 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.50 inches. In Stock.

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Condition: New. Series: Broadview Literary Texts. Num Pages: 200 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295. . 1995. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . .

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A bestseller upon its publication in 1724, Charles Johnsons General History of the Pyrates shaped public perceptions of piracy with its portraits of such legendary figures as Blackbeard, Mary Read, Anne Bonny, and Bartholomew Roberts. Yet despite influencing everything from Treasure Island to Peter Pan, Johnsons book has yet to be taken seriously as a literary work in its own right. This study explores how General History of the Pyrates was at the heart of early eighteenth-century British debates about commerce, colonialism, and law. Examining how pirates are depicted as both monsters and Great Men, Noel Chevalier untangles the contradictions within a Britain emerging as a colonial superpower, where ruthlessness and ambition were both feared and praised. Traveling the high seas to plunder treasure from foreign lands, pirates were not so different from the British capitalists who built fortunes from resource extraction, the plantation economy, and the transatlantic slave trade. Connecting the work to later books like Gullivers Travels and The Beggars Opera that satirized the era and its power-hungry prime minister Robert Walpole, Chevalier shows how the pirate became an iconic figure in 1720s Britain, a time of cold-hearted capitalism and rapacious colonial expansion. Examining how Charles Johnson's 1724 bestseller General History of the Pyrates depicts figures like Blackbeard both as monsters and Great Men, Noel Chevalier explores how the work untangles the contradictions within a fiercely capitalist slave-trading Britain emerging as a colonial superpower, where ruthlessness and ambition were both feared and praised. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 182 pages. 9.25x6.12x9.25 inches. In Stock.

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Condition: New. Series: Broadview Literary Texts. Num Pages: 200 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295. . 1995. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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