The Young pretender : or the dramatic return of master Betty /
Arditti, Michael
The Young pretender : or the dramatic return of master Betty / Michael Arditti. - 186 pages ; 22 cm
Michael Arditti’s novel fictionalizes the life and attempted comeback of the famous Georgian child actor William Henry West Betty, known as “Master Betty.” Set in early nineteenth-century England, the story explores fame, theatrical culture, exploitation, memory, and the difficulties of transitioning from child celebrity to adulthood within Regency society.
9781529422559
Historical fiction -- Georgian theatre
Child actors -- England -- Fiction
823.92 ARD
The Young pretender : or the dramatic return of master Betty / Michael Arditti. - 186 pages ; 22 cm
Michael Arditti’s novel fictionalizes the life and attempted comeback of the famous Georgian child actor William Henry West Betty, known as “Master Betty.” Set in early nineteenth-century England, the story explores fame, theatrical culture, exploitation, memory, and the difficulties of transitioning from child celebrity to adulthood within Regency society.
9781529422559
Historical fiction -- Georgian theatre
Child actors -- England -- Fiction
823.92 ARD