The young pretender : or the dramatic return of master betty /
Arditti, Michael
The young pretender : or the dramatic return of master betty / Michael Arditti. - 191 pages ; 20cm.
Mobbed by the masses, lionised by the aristocracy, courted by royalty and lusted after by patrons of both sexes, the child actor William Henry West Betty was one of the most famous people in Georgian Britain. At the age of thirteen, he played leading roles, including Romeo, Macbeth and Richard III , in theatres across the country. Prime Minister William Pitt adjourned the House of Commons so that its members could attend his debut as Hamlet at Covent Garden. Then, as rivals turned on him and
9781529422573
English fiction
823.92 ARD
The young pretender : or the dramatic return of master betty / Michael Arditti. - 191 pages ; 20cm.
Mobbed by the masses, lionised by the aristocracy, courted by royalty and lusted after by patrons of both sexes, the child actor William Henry West Betty was one of the most famous people in Georgian Britain. At the age of thirteen, he played leading roles, including Romeo, Macbeth and Richard III , in theatres across the country. Prime Minister William Pitt adjourned the House of Commons so that its members could attend his debut as Hamlet at Covent Garden. Then, as rivals turned on him and
9781529422573
English fiction
823.92 ARD