Lives of Shakespearian Actors, Part I, Volume 1: David Garrick, Charles Macklin and Margaret Woffington by Their Contemporaries [Hardcover]

Focuses on David Garrick and the leading actors of his company at Drury Lane. This book tells how, in their time, Garrick, Macklin and Woffington were as famous for their achievements on the stage as they were infamous for their activities off it. It draws a selection of the actors' own words with those of their contemporaries and critics.Focuses on David Garrick and the leading actors of his company at Drury LaneGail Marshall, Tetsuo Kishi, Michael Caines, Paul Goring, Nicola ShaughnessyAcknowledgements, General Introduction, Introduction, Bibliography, Chronology, Note on Copy Texts, Abbreviations, Garricks Early Years, The Garrick Debates, Garrick and Quin, Roscius, Garricks Voice, Garrick in Tragedy, Garrick in Comedy, Battle of the Romeos, Garrick the Playwright, Garricks Jubilee, Garrick Discombobulated, Disapproval and Hostility, Ironic Appraisals, The Lark, A Cosmopolitan Actor, Garrick Retires, Two Afterlives, Appendix A: Translation of Jean Noverre, Lettres sur la Dance, et sur Les Ballets (1760), NotesUS? 2008 Taylor & Francis, Editorial material Michael Caines