An edition of Marie Prescott
(2009)
Marie Prescott
"a star of some brilliancy"
by Kevin Lane Dearinger
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Marie Prescott: "a star of some brilliancy"
2009, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
in English
0838642128 9780838642122
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Table of Contents
"Gifted daughter": Marie Prescott's family history and early years
"The whole burden on her pretty shoulders": Prescott's work to establish herself in the theatrical community
"Great things greatly": Prescott's first starring ventures and her seasons with Salvini
"For her grief and her good looks": an infamous libel trial and its repercussions
"There you show your genius, Mr. Wilde": Prescott prepares Oscar Wilde's Vera
"The power to stir": the opening and abrupt closing of Vera
"How full of briars is this working-day world": managing a public career after scandal and humiliation
"Of course I put forth my best efforts": touring with R.D. Maclean
"Slight heed to the incongruities": continuing conflict with the New York press
"Brilliant and beautiful for an hour": retirement and early death
"Veteran": R.D. Maclean and Odette Tyler
"How few are not forgotten": a mother fixation.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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