Shakespeare and Garrick |
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| Author:
| Cunningham, Vanessa |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-88977-3 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2008 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $79.99 |
Book Description:
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David Garrick, England's most celebrated actor-manager, owed much of his success to Shakespeare. This unusual book views him as a literary as well as a theatrical figure, examining the changes Garrick made to his idol's plays to please eighteenth-century London theatre audiences, and his involvement with Shakespearean editors.
David Garrick, England's most celebrated actor-manager, owed much of his success to Shakespeare. This unusual book views him as a literary as well as a theatrical figure, examining the changes Garrick made to his idol's plays to please eighteenth-century London theatre audiences, and his involvement with Shakespearean editors.