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Memoirs of the Life of David Garrick, Esq.
Interspersed with Characters and Anecdotes of his Theatrical Contemporaries
2 Volume Set

Part of Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies

Author: Thomas Davies

Date Published: April 2014
availability: Out of stock in print form with no current plan to reprint
format: Multiple copy pack
isbn: 9781108070683

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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. Volume 1 covers 1717–63; Volume 2, 1763–79.

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Product details
- Date Published: April 2014
- format: Multiple copy pack
- isbn: 9781108070683
- length: 818 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 140 x 48 mm
- weight: 0.98kg
- contains: 1 b/w illus.
- availability: Out of stock in print form with no current plan to reprint
Table of Contents
Volume 1: Dedication
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1. Mr Garrick's family
2. Mr Garrick's arrival in London
3. Characters of the actors in tragedy when Mr Garrick commenced player
4. Account of the old actors continued
5. Mr Garrick's first appearance on a London stage
6. Managers of Drury-lane and Covent-garden uneasy at the success of Goodman's-field theatre
7. Mr Garrick acting at Drury-lane theatre
8. Prelude to the revolt of the comedians at Drury-lane
9. Fleetwood sells the remaining term of his patent
10. Revolutions in the theatrical world
11. The managers of Drury-lane divide their several provinces
12. Irene, a tragedy
13. Character of Aaron Hill
14. Managers complained of for not rearing theatrical plants
15. New tragedies acted in 1753, 1754
16. The Chinese festival
17. Royal taste in acting
18. Mr Foote's frequent engagements
19. Dr Browne's Barbarossa and Athelstan
20. A manager's difficulty arising from the offer of new plays and farces
21. Mr Ralph
22. Account of Woodward's desertion
23. Archibald Bower's quarrel with Mr Garrick
24. Winter's Tale, and Catherine and Petruchio
25. Dr Smollet
26. Mr Macklin's farce of Love alamode
27. Mrs Woffington
28. Churchill's Rosciad
29. Coronation at both theatres
30. Stage reformation. Volume 2:
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.
Author
Thomas Davies