Jane Milling is Lecturer in Drama, University of Exeter. She is co-author, with Graham Ley, of Modern Theories of Performance: From Stanislavski to Boal (Palgrave, 2001) and co-editor, with Peter Thomson, of Volume One of The Cambridge History of British Theatre: Origins to 1660 (CUP, 2003).Martin Banham is Emeritus Professor of Drama and Theatre Studies, University of Leeds. He is editor of The Cambridge Guide to Theatre and co-editor of the journal African Theatre.

‘…this valuable, immensely entertaining and handsomely-produced volume of essays and interviews, …’ (Theatre Notebook, Volume 60, Number 1. 2006)

• Part I: The idea of acting extraordinary actors of the 17th and 18th century: Introduction, Martin Banham, Richard Burbage, Alexander LeggattCommedia dell'arte in Russia - Popular Satiric Perfomers in the 18th Century, Laurence SenelickThomas Betterton - The Art of Playing, Jane MillingPART II: The celebrated actor as cultural icon - extraordinary actors of the 19th century: Introduction, Chris McCulloughBritish Invasions on the American Stage, Don WilmethActing and the Austere Joys of Motherhood - Sarah Siddons Performs Maternity, Jan McDonaldThe Brothers Fay - Irish Acting and the Origins of the Abbey Theatre, Ger FitzgibbonGertie Millar: Celebrity and Musical Comedy, Viv GardnerPART III: Acting for popular audiences, the mass and the local extraordinary actors of the 20th centuryIntroduction, Jane MillingLena Ashwell and the Once A-Week Players - Popular Performers in London, Chris DymkowskiPeter Lorre - A Clash of European and US Acting Styles, Chris McCulloughGeorge Formby and the Northern Sublime, Baz KershawLeo Fuchs - Yiddish Vaudevillian, Joel Schechter; Laurel and Hardy and Morecambe and Wise - Comedy Double Acts, Richard BoonPlaying on the Front Foot - Actors and Audience in British Popular Theatre 1970-1990, Colin Chambers and Maggie SteedMark Rylance - Popular acting at the Globe Theatre, Martin White.

Jane Milling is Lecturer in Drama, University of Exeter. She is co-author, with Graham Ley, of Modern Theories of Performance: From Stanislavski to Boal (Palgrave, 2001) and co-editor, with Peter Thomson, of Volume One of The Cambridge History of British Theatre: Origins to 1660 (CUP, 2003).Martin Banham is Emeritus Professor of Drama and Theatre Studies, University of Leeds. He is editor of The Cambridge Guide to Theatre and co-editor of the journal African Theatre.

‘…this valuable, immensely entertaining and handsomely-produced volume of essays and interviews, …’ (Theatre Notebook, Volume 60, Number 1. 2006)

• Part I: The idea of acting extraordinary actors of the 17th and 18th century: Introduction, Martin Banham, Richard Burbage, Alexander LeggattCommedia dell'arte in Russia - Popular Satiric Perfomers in the 18th Century, Laurence SenelickThomas Betterton - The Art of Playing, Jane MillingPART II: The celebrated actor as cultural icon - extraordinary actors of the 19th century: Introduction, Chris McCulloughBritish Invasions on the American Stage, Don WilmethActing and the Austere Joys of Motherhood - Sarah Siddons Performs Maternity, Jan McDonaldThe Brothers Fay - Irish Acting and the Origins of the Abbey Theatre, Ger FitzgibbonGertie Millar: Celebrity and Musical Comedy, Viv GardnerPART III: Acting for popular audiences, the mass and the local extraordinary actors of the 20th centuryIntroduction, Jane MillingLena Ashwell and the Once A-Week Players - Popular Performers in London, Chris DymkowskiPeter Lorre - A Clash of European and US Acting Styles, Chris McCulloughGeorge Formby and the Northern Sublime, Baz KershawLeo Fuchs - Yiddish Vaudevillian, Joel Schechter; Laurel and Hardy and Morecambe and Wise - Comedy Double Acts, Richard BoonPlaying on the Front Foot - Actors and Audience in British Popular Theatre 1970-1990, Colin Chambers and Maggie SteedMark Rylance - Popular acting at the Globe Theatre, Martin White.