Book collecting, bibliomania and the eighteenth-century -- Building a library -- Garrick, book culture and The Club -- Collecting Shakespeare and other English dramatists -- Book-buying in France and Italy -- Dispersal -- Appendix A. Locations of Garrick's books -- Appendix B. Books to which Garrick subscribed -- Appendix C. Books addressed/dedicated to Garrick -- Appendix D. Lots purchased by Thomas Thorpe at the 1823 sale -- Appendix E. Garrick books formerly belonging to George Frederick Beltz -- Appendix F. Carrington Garrick's books

Actors and the Art of Performance: Under Exposure combines the author's two main biographical paths: her professional commitment to the fields of both theatre and philosophy. The art of acting on stage is analysed here not only from the theoretical perspective of a spectator, but also from the perspective of the actor. The author draws on her experience as both a theatre actor and a university professor whose teachings in the art of acting rely heavily on her own experience and also on her philosophical knowledge. The book is unique not only in terms of its content but also in terms of its style. Written in a multiplicity of voices, the text oscillates between philosophical reasoning and narrative forms of writing, including micro-narratives, fables, parables, and inter alia by Carroll, Hoffmann and Kleist. Hence the book claims that a trans-disciplinary dialogue between the art of acting and the art of philosophical thinking calls for an aesthetical research that questions and begins to seek alternatives to traditionally established and ingrained formats of philosophy.

When it comes to big data processing, we can no longer ignore concurrency or try to add it in after the fact. Fortunately, the solution is not a new paradigm of development, but rather an old one. With this hands-on guide, Java and Scala developers will learn how to embrace concurrent and distributed applications with the open source Akka toolkit. You'll learn how to put the actor model and its associated patterns to immediate and practical use. Throughout the book, you'll deal with an analogous workforce problem: how to schedule a group of people across a variety of projects while optimizing their time and skillsets. This example will help you understand how Akka uses actors, streams, and other tools to stitch your application together. Model software that reflects the real world with domain-driven design Learn principles and practices for implementing individual actors Unlock the real potential of Akka with patterns for combining multiple actors Understand the consistency tradeoffs in a distributed system Use several Akka methods for isolating and dealing with failures Explore ways to build systems that support availability and scalability Tune your Akka application for performance with JVM tools and dispatchers

Actor's Choice teaches how to create a subtle, believable performance without rehearsal and preparation time.

Great actors know that acting takes work. Is acting a career for you? In this title, learn all about what it takes to be an actor and the different types of acting jobs. Includes a glossary, sidebars, and photographs.