Lives of Shakespearian Actors Part I Volume 1

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. Acknowledgements, General Introduction, Introduction, Bibliography, Chronology, Note on Copy Texts, Abbreviations, Garrick’s Early Years, The Garrick Debates, Garrick and Quin, Roscius, Garrick’s Voice, Garrick in Tragedy, Garrick in Comedy, Battle of the Romeos, Garrick the Playwright, Garrick’s 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), Notes