John Ward (actor)
John Ward | |
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Born | England | 24 June 1704
Died | 30 October 1773 England | (aged 69)
Occupation | Actor |
John Ward (24 June 1704 – 30 October 1773) was an English actor and
Shakespeare's Hamlet, which reveal how the play was performed in eighteenth century England and also throw light on earlier practice.[4]
References
- ^ Money 1977, p. 87
- ^ Thompson 1999, p. 139
- ^ Highfill, Burnim & Langhans 1993, p. 260
- ^ McManaway 1949, p. 291
Bibliography
- Highfill, Philip H.; Burnim, Kalman A.; Langhans, Edward A. (1993), "Ward, John 1704-1773, actor, manager, singer", A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers & Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800, vol. 15, Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, pp. 258–262, ISBN 0-8093-1802-4, retrieved 13 March 2010
- McManaway, James G. (1949), "The Two Earliest Prompt Books of "Hamlet"", The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, 43 (3): 288–320, S2CID 191382085
- Money, John (1977), Experience and identity: Birmingham and the West Midlands, 1760-1800, Manchester University Press, ISBN 0-7190-0672-4, retrieved 16 June 2009
- Price, Cecil John Layton (1946), "John Ward, stroller [1704-73]", Theatre Notebook, 1 (2): 10–12, ISSN 0040-5523
- Thompson, Ann (1999), "'I'll have grounds / More relative than this': The Puzzle of John Ward's 'Hamlet' Promptbooks", The Yearbook of English Studies, 29: 138–150, JSTOR 3508939