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  • SHERIDAN
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    SHERIDAN
    MADELEINE BINGHAM
    First published in 1972, Sheridan is primarily a rounded, colourful portrait of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, his triumphs and failures, his ferocious duels and sudden romances, and his rise to oratorical fame in the arena of politics. But it is also something more: a wide canvas – sometimes frightening, sometimes amusing – depicting the extraordinarily turbulent and violent theat...

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  • PEERS AND PLEBS
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    PEERS AND PLEBS
    MADELEINE BINGHAM
    First published in 1975, Peers and Plebs is about the rise and fall of two families, one aristocratic and the other plebian of origin. It forms a microcosm of a small section of social history during sixty important years, 1878-1938. It shows how British society, though veined with snobbery, has remained fluid enough to adapt itself to change and necessity without, so far, a vi...

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  • MASKS AND FACADES
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    MASKS AND FACADES
    MADELEINE BINGHAM
    First published in 1974, Masks and Facades paints an authentic picture of John Vanbrugh as a man of character, talent, wit and charm, moving in an age where patronage held the key to worldly advancement. Yet against a backcloth of theatre, of the great palaces of the aristocracy, and the sycophancy which Court, rank and riches demanded, he always remained his own man. Whether i...

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  • SCOTLAND UNDER MARY STUART
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    SCOTLAND UNDER MARY STUART
    MADELEINE BINGHAM
    Originally published in 1971, this book gives the real substance of Scotland at the time of Mary Queen of Scots. It describes in extensive and colourful detail the way people of all ranks of society lived, their homes, their food and amusements, the ways they earned their living, cared for the sick and punished offenders. Family life, religion, the structure and activities of t...

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  • HENRY IRVING AND THE VICTORIAN THEATRE
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    HENRY IRVING AND THE VICTORIAN THEATRE
    MADELEINE BINGHAM
    Originally published in 1978. Henry Irving achieved an astounding success in Britain and America as an actor; yet he lacked good looks, had spindly legs, and did not have a good voice. He said so himself. Today Irving is regarded as the archetype of the old-time actor, but in his own time he was regarded as a great theatrical innovator. Even Bernard Shaw, who attacked him pitil...

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