Kitty Clive, or the Fair Songster

Berta Joncus

doi:10.1017/9781787445567

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Berta Joncus

Publisher:: Boydell & Brewer
Online publication date:: September 2019
Print publication year:: 2019
Online ISBN:: 9781787445567
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781787445567

Subjects:: Music, Music: General Interest

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Kitty Clive (1711–1785) was a top London stage star. She dominated spoken as well as musical comedy. From the 1740s onwards, her reputation suffered a sharp decline. For anyone curious about star production in eighteenth-century Britain, her story is not to be missed.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Dedication
pp v-vi

Contents
pp vii-vii

Illustrations
pp viii-x

Preface
pp xi-xiii

Conventions of Transcription
pp xiv-xiv

1 - The Siren Song: Kitty Clive in the Playhouse
pp 1-27

2 - ‘The Lovely Virgin tun'd her Voice’: Henry Carey and the Production of a Native Songster
pp 28-63

3 - ‘Charm'd with the sprightly Innocence of Nell’: The Metamorphosis of Miss Raftor
pp 64-104

4 - ‘HINT writes, and RAFTOR acts in Drury-lane’: Clive, Fielding, and Theophilus Cibber
pp 105-137

5 - ‘The pious Daughter, and the faithful Wife’: Fielding, Miller, and Clive, 1733–35
pp 138-167

6 - ‘A Likeness where none was to be found’: Contested Images of Clive, 1734–37
pp 168-193

7 - The Patriot Soprano: British Worthies at Drury Lane
pp 194-226

8 - Handel and the Sweet Bird of Drury Lane, 1740–43
pp 227-274

9 - The Case of Mrs. Clive
pp 275-301

10 - Of Scuffles and Rivalries: The Demise of ‘Kitty Cuckoe’
pp 302-330

11 - From Miss Lucy to Mrs. Riot: Voice and Caricature
pp 331-377

12 - Clive on Clive: The Rehearsal: Or, Bays in Petticoats
pp 378-408

13 - Conclusion: The Fair Songster
pp 409-426

Appendix 1 - Catherine Clive's Roles 1728–69
pp 427-460

Appendix 2 - Lines in Catherine Clive's Repertory 1728–69
pp 461-476

Appendix 3 - The Case of Mrs. CLIVE (1744)
pp 477-481

Select Bibliography
pp 482-508

Index
pp 509-527

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