Description: The Life of An Actor by Pierce Egan, Author of "Life in London", "Tom and Jerry", &c. The Poetical Descriptions by T. Greenwood. Embellished with Twenty-seven Characteristic Scenes, Etched by Theodore Lane, Pickering and Chatto, London, 1892, 257pp, 3/4 leather, 6.5 x 9.5", 8vo Fair condition. Front board is completely detached from binding. Minor scuffing and wear to boards. Slight bumping to tips. Minor cracking and chipping to spine, but still legible. Marbling to front and rear pastedowns and flyleafs. Illustrated title page in black and red: red is still crisp. Frontispiece in full-color. Marginalia on dedication page. Toning throughout textblock with scattered instances of finger-staining and age-staining. Binding intact. Please see photos. Originally published in nine parts, the work follows the vicissitudes of actor Peregrine Proteus, who quits his apprenticeship with a printer in a quest for thespian greatness. He achieves a modicum of success, falls prey to "excesses and dissipation" and ends up in prison. Suitably chastened by adversity, he eventually rises, through his own character and talent - not to mention a fortunate matrimonial match and subsequent inheritance, to a position of eminence and prosperity in the theatrical community. The popular reception to Pierce Egan's Boxiana led to the serial publication of his famous Life in London, the success of which is described in the Dictionary of National Biography as "instantaneous and unprecedented", and the Life of an Actor is a derivative work no doubt meant to capitalize on the popularity of its predecessors. It is the chief work of Theodore Lane (1800-1828), who subsequently produced illustrations for other books by Egan. Pierce Egan (1772 - 1849) was a British journalist, sportswriter, and writer on popular culture. His popular book Life in London, published in 1821, was adapted into the stage play Tom and Jerry, or Life in London later that year, which became the first play to have a continuous run of 100 performances in London while at the Adelphi Theatre in the West End. FORN-MSB-0224-TUB0008-JC153
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Binding: 3/4 leather
Language: English
Special Attributes: Illustrated
Author: Pierce Egan
Publisher: Pickering and Chatto
Topic: Literature
Subject: Literature & Fiction
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