Memoirs of the life of David Garrick, Esq. : interspersed with characters and anecdotes of his theatrical contemporaries. Volume 1 / Thomas Davies.
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 he...
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