THEATRE IN THE COTSWOLDS: THE BOLES WATSON FAMILY AND THE CIRENCESTER THEATRE
Written by Anthony Denning, Paul Ranger
Published by The Society For Theatre Research
in 1993
ISBN: 0854300546
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH WEST UK
- GLOUCESTERSHIRE
- COTSWOLDS
- THEATRE
- HISTORY
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Front cover
Contents
- Memoirs of Anthony Denning
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Prologue: The Georgian Theatre in the Provinces
- 1 Early Theatres in Cirencester
- 2 John Boles Watson I's Headquarters at Cheltenham
- 3 Watson's Temporary Theatre in Cirencester
- 4 The Theatre in Gloucester Street, Cirencester
- 5 John Richer
- 6 The Winter Season of 1801-02
- 7 John Boles Watson II, William Hastings and James Winston
- 8 A Relinquishment and a Return
- 9 Pageants and Celebrities
- 10 The Death of John Boles Watson I
- 11 John Boles Watson II's New Management
- 12 Fenton's Strolling players
- 13 George Shuter's Benefits
- 14 John Boles Watson II's Farewell
- 15 Samples of the Repertoire during John Boles Watson I's Management
- 16 Selections from the Repertoire during John Boles Watson II's Management
- 17 Theatrical Visitors to Cirencester
- Epilogue: The Changing Fortunes of the Cirencester Theatre and the Watson Family
- Gazetteer of the Theatres on the Watson Circuit
- Sources
- Index