Memoirs of the life of David Garrick, Esq. : interspersed with characters and anecdotes of his theatrical contemporaries
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Memoirs of the life of David Garrick, Esq. : interspersed with characters and anecdotes of his theatrical contemporaries
（Cambridge library collection, . Literary studies）
Cambridge University Press, 2014
- v. 2 : pbk
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Memoirs of the life of David Garrick, Esq. : interspersed with characters and anecdotes of his theatrical contemporaries, the whole forming a history of the stage, which includes a period of thirty-six years
The life of David Garrick, Esq
Memoirs of the life of David Garrick, Esq. : interspersed with characters and anecdotes of his theatrical contemporaries, the whole forming a history of the stage, which includes a period of 36 years
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Originally published: London : Printed for the author, 1780
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The most influential actor of his age, David Garrick (1717-79) shaped the London stage for over three decades as theatre manager at Drury Lane. He popularised a more natural style of acting, and did much to make Shakespeare the most revered English playwright. First published in 1780 and reissued here in the second edition of that year, this two-volume biography was written by Thomas Davies (c.1712-85). Samuel Johnson, a friend of the Garrick family, notably provided Davies with anecdotes and information on Garrick's early life. The work does not dwell on gossip or private life; it offers instead an informed portrait of the stage in Garrick's time. Davies had inhabited this world as a much less successful actor himself, before becoming a bookseller. His work is therefore a direct and valuable witness to theatrical London in the eighteenth century. The second volume covers the years 1763-79.
Table of Contents
- 31. Account of the riot
- 32. Author of Elvira
- 33. Reflections on the ill success of Drury-lane theatre in 1763
- 34. State of the stage during Mr Garrick's absence
- 35. Mr Garrick's entertainment in France and Italy
- 36. State of the stage during Mr Garrick's absence
- 37. Mr Garrick's return to England
- 38. Death of Mrs Cibber
- 39. Mr Garrick's Country Girl
- 40. Hugh Kelly
- 41. Dr Goldsmith
- 42. The Padlock
- 43. Mrs Pritchard retires from the stage
- 44. Mr Havard leaves the stage
- 45. The jubilee at Stratford
- 46. Mr Mossop quits the service of Mr Garrick
- 47. Mr Barry visits London
- 48. Mr Foote and Mr Garrick
- 49. Mr Cumberland
- 50. Death of Mr Lacey
- 51. The players unprotected and persecuted
- 52. Improvements in the entrance to Drury-lane theatre
- 53. Mr Garrick retired from the theatre
- 54. View of Mr Garrick's general character
- Appendix.
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