Lives of Shakespearian Actors, Part I, Volume 2
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Lives of Shakespearian Actors, Part I, Volume 2

David Garrick, Charles Macklin and Margaret Woffington by Their Contemporaries

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Lives of Shakespearian Actors, Part I, Volume 2

David Garrick, Charles Macklin and Margaret Woffington by Their Contemporaries

About this book

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.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2024
Print ISBN
9781138754317
eBook ISBN
9781040249185
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Literary Criticism
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Introduction
  8. Bibliography
  9. Chronology
  10. Abbreviations
  11. Note on Copy Texts
  12. Francis Aspry Congreve, Authentic Memoirs of the Late Mr. Charles Macklin, Comedian (1798)
  13. John Villette, The Annals of Newgate; or Malefactors Register (1776)
  14. The Drury Lane Actors’ Revolt
  15. [Anon.], Mr. Macklin’s Reply to Mr. Garrick’s Answer (1743)
  16. The Craft sman and Teacher
  17. John Hill, The Actor; or, A Treatise on the Art of Playing (1755)
  18. Thomas Holcroft, Alwyn: Or The Gentleman Comedian (1780)
  19. [Charles Macklin], ‘Macklinana. No. III’, Monthly Mirror (1798)
  20. John O’Keeffe, Recollections of the Life of John O’Keeffe (1826)
  21. Verse Descriptions
  22. Charles Churchill, ‘The Rosciad’, Poems (1765)
  23. [Anon.], The Poetical Review, A Visionary Poem (1778)
  24. [Anon.], Theatrical Portraits [1783]
  25. ‘Anthony Pasquin’, The Children of Thespis
  26. [Anon.], ‘Theatrical Chronicle’, Hibernian Magazine, or Compendium of Entertaining Knowledge (1771)
  27. The Macbeth Riots
  28. [Anon.], An Apology for the Conduct of Mr. Charles Macklin, Comedian (1773)
  29. ‘A Citizen of the World’, The Genuine Arguments of the Council (1774)
  30. [Anon.], Case of Mr. Macklin Late of Covent-Garden Theatre, Against Mess. Clarke, Aldys, Lee, James, and Miles (1775)
  31. [Georg C. Lichtenberg], ‘Schlus des dritten Briefes aus England an Boie’ (1778)
  32. David Erskine Baker, Biographia Dramatica, or, A Companion to the Playhouse (1782)
  33. Tate Wilkinson, Memoirs of His Own Life (1790)
  34. [Anon.], The Secret History of the Green Room (1793)
  35. The Monthly Mirror
  36. [Anon.], ‘Biographical Sketch of Mr. Macklin’, Monthly Mirror (February 1796)
  37. [Anon.], ‘Biographical Sketch of Mr. Macklin’, Monthly Mirror (March 1796)
  38. [Anon.], ‘Biographical Sketch of Mr. Macklin’, Monthly Mirror (September 1796)
  39. The True Briton
  40. [Anon.], ‘Old Macklin’, True Briton (13 July 1797)
  41. [Anon.], ‘Old Macklin’, True Briton (14 July 1797)
  42. [Anon.], ‘Old Macklin’, True Briton (19 July 1797)
  43. [Anon.], ‘Old Macklin’, True Briton (20 July 1797)
  44. [Anon.], ‘Old Macklin’, True Briton (25 July 1797)
  45. [Anon.], ‘Old Macklin’, True Briton (26 July 1797)
  46. [Anon.], ‘Old Macklin’, True Briton (27 July 1797)
  47. James T. Kirkman, Memoirs of the Life of Charles Macklin (1799)
  48. Charles Dibdin, A Complete History of the English Stage (1797–1800)
  49. William Cooke, Memoirs of Charles Macklin, Comedian (1804)
  50. John Bernard, Retrospections of the Stage (1830)
  51. John Taylor, Records of My Life (1832)
  52. Notes