{"product_id":"memoirs-of-the-life-of-david-garrick-esq-interspersed-with-characters-and-anecdotes-of-his-theatrical-contemporaries-paperback-9781108070669","title":"Memoirs of the Life of David Garrick, Esq.; Interspersed with Characters and Anecdotes of his Theatrical Contemporaries (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108070669","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMemoirs of the Life of David Garrick, Esq.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eInterspersed with Characters and Anecdotes of his Theatrical Contemporaries\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis two-volume biography, published in 1780, charts the life of actor David Garrick (1717–79), illuminating the eighteenth-century London stage.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eThomas Davies (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108070669, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 24 April 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e368 pages, 1 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.1 cm, 0.47 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe 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 first volume covers the years 1717–63.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eDedication\u003cbr\u003e Advertisement\u003cbr\u003e 1. Mr Garrick's family\u003cbr\u003e 2. Mr Garrick's arrival in London\u003cbr\u003e 3. Characters of the actors in tragedy when Mr Garrick commenced player\u003cbr\u003e 4. Account of the old actors continued\u003cbr\u003e 5. Mr Garrick's first appearance on a London stage\u003cbr\u003e 6. Managers of Drury-lane and Covent-garden uneasy at the success of Goodman's-field theatre\u003cbr\u003e 7. Mr Garrick acting at Drury-lane theatre\u003cbr\u003e 8. Prelude to the revolt of the comedians at Drury-lane\u003cbr\u003e 9. Fleetwood sells the remaining term of his patent\u003cbr\u003e 10. Revolutions in the theatrical world\u003cbr\u003e 11. The managers of Drury-lane divide their several provinces\u003cbr\u003e 12. Irene, a tragedy\u003cbr\u003e 13. Character of Aaron Hill\u003cbr\u003e 14. Managers complained of for not rearing theatrical plants\u003cbr\u003e 15. New tragedies acted in 1753, 1754\u003cbr\u003e 16. The Chinese festival\u003cbr\u003e 17. Royal taste in acting\u003cbr\u003e 18. Mr Foote's frequent engagements\u003cbr\u003e 19. Dr Browne's Barbarossa and Athelstan\u003cbr\u003e 20. A manager's difficulty arising from the offer of new plays and farces\u003cbr\u003e 21. Mr Ralph\u003cbr\u003e 22. Account of Woodward's desertion\u003cbr\u003e 23. Archibald Bower's quarrel with Mr Garrick\u003cbr\u003e 24. Winter's Tale, and Catherine and Petruchio\u003cbr\u003e 25. Dr Smollet\u003cbr\u003e 26. Mr Macklin's farce of Love alamode\u003cbr\u003e 27. Mrs Woffington\u003cbr\u003e 28. Churchill's Rosciad\u003cbr\u003e 29. Coronation at both theatres\u003cbr\u003e 30. 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