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Lives of Shakespearian Actors, Part I:
David Garrick, Charles Macklin and Margaret Woffington by their Contemporaries
Series Editor: Gail Marshall
Consulting Editor: Tetsuo Kishi
Volume Editors: Michael Caines, Paul Goring,
Nicola Shaughnessy and Robert Shaughnessy
Lives of Shakespearian Actors
978 1 85196 853 4: 234x156mm: £275.00/$495.00
Availability: Japan: Eureka Press
The first in this major new series builds on the success of previous Pickering Lives editions. The series offers a unique opportunity to view the creation of Shakespeare’s after-life and reputation through the works of his major theatrical interpreters. This, the first part, focuses on David Garrick and the leading actors of his company at Drury Lane.
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. The publishing market responded to an insatiable public appetite for tips on their naturalistic acting technique, critical insights into ground-breaking performances, and above all, juicy titbits about their personalities and social lives.
This edition draws together a carefully edited selection of the actors’ own words with those of their contemporaries and critics. Texts are presented in digitally enhanced facsimile and are supported by extensive new editorial material including a general introduction, volume introductions, headnotes, endnotes, bibliographies, chronologies and a consolidated index.
This broadly interdisciplinary edition will interest scholars undertaking research in Shakespearian Studies, History of the Theatre and Performance, and Eighteenth-Century Studies.
- Makes available a comprehensive selection of rare and difficult-to-access contemporary texts on the reception and reputation of three key eighteenth-century Shakespearian actors
- New editorial matter includes a general introduction, volume introductions, chronologies, headnotes, endnotes, and a consolidated index
- Each facsimile page is digitally cleaned and enhanced, significantly improving on the quality and legibility of the original
Sample pages
- Volume 1: David Garrett, Roscius
- Volume 1: David Garrett, Roscius, editorial notes
- Volume 2: The Drury Lane Actor's Revolt
- Volume 2: Drury Lane Actor's Revolt editorial notes
- Volume 3: Margaret Woffington, Eulogies and Elegies
- Volume 3: Margaret Woffington, Eulogies and Elegies editorial notes
Contents
Volume 1: David Garrick
Edited by Michael Caines
Extracts from: John Adolphus, Memoirs of John Bannister (1839); Anon, A Clear Stage and No Favour: Or, Tragedy and Comedy at War (1746); Anon, The Life of Mr James Quin, Comedian (1766); Anon, The Theatrical Examiner (1757); George Anne Bellamy, An Apology for the Life of George Anne Bellamy, Late of Covent Garden Theatre (1785); James Boaden, The private correspondence of David Garrick, with the most celebrated persons of his time; now first published from the originals And a new biographical memoir ( 1831-2); Charles Churchill, The Rosciad (1761); Theophilus Cibber, Dissertations on Theatrical Subjects (1755); George Colman, A Letter of Abuse, to D---d G-----k, Esq (1757); Thomas Davies, Memoirs of the Life of David Garrick (1780); Thomas Davies, Dramatic Miscellanies (1784); Percy Fitzgerald, The Life of David Garrick (1899); Thaddeus Fitzpatrick, An Enquiry into the Real Merit of a Certain Popular Performer (1760); Samuel Foote, A Treatise on the Passions so far as they regard the Stage (1747); David Garrick, An Essay on Acting (1744); David Garrick, Reasons Why David Garrick, Esq, Should Not Appear on the Stage (1759); Francis Gentleman, The Dramatic Censor (1770); John Hill, The Actor: A Treatise on the Art of Playing (1750); John Hill, To David Garrick, Esq: The Petition of I (1759); Arthur Murphy, Hamlet with Alterations (1773); Arthur Murphy, The Life of David Garrick, Esq (1801); Jean Noverre, Lettres sur La Danse, et sur Les Ballets (1760); An Old Comedian, The Life and Death of David Garrick, Esq, the Celebrated English Roscius (1779); Joseph Pittard, Observations on Mr Garrick’s Acting (1758); T W Robertson, David Garrick: A love story (1864); David Williams, A Letter to David Garrick, Esq, on his conduct as principal manager and actor at Drury-Lane (1772); Extracts from The Gentleman’s Magazine, The London Chronicle, The Theatrical Monitor, The Theatrical Review and The Universal Museum
Volume 2: Charles Macklin
Edited by Paul Goring
Extracts from: A Citizen of the World, The Genuine Arguments of the Council (1774); Anon, An apology for the conduct of Mr Charles Macklin, comedian; which, it is hoped, will have some effect in favour of an aged player, by whom the public at large have for many years been uncommonly gratified (1773); Anon, Case of Mr Macklin Late of Covent-Garden Theatre, Against Mess Clarke, Aldys, Lee, James, and Miles (1775); Anon, The Drama, A Poem (1775); Anon, A Trip to Parnassus; Or, The Judgment of Apollo on Dramatic Authors and Performers A Poem (1788); Anon, The Poetical Review, A Poem (1778); David Erskine Baker, Biographia Dramatica, Or, A Companion to the Playhouse A New Edition (1782); John Bernard, Retrospections of the Stage By the Late John Bernard, Manager of the American Theatres, and Formerly Secretary to the Beef-Steak Club (1830); William Chetwood, A general history of the stage, from its origin in Greece down to the present time (1749); Charles Churchill, ‘The Rosciad’, Poems (1765); William Cooke, Memoirs of Charles Macklin, Comedian (1804); Francis Congreve, Authentic Memoirs of the Late Mr Charles Macklin, Comedian (1798); Charles Dibdin, A Complete history of the English stage (1800); David Garrick, Mr Garrick’s Answer to Mr Macklin’s Case (1743); Joseph Haslewood, The Secret History of the Green Room: Containing Authentic and Entertaining Memoirs of the Actors and Actresses in the Three Theatres Royal (1792); Daniel Hayes, The Works in Verse of Daniel Hayes (1785); John Hill, The Actor; Or, A Treatise on the Art of Playing (1755); Thomas Holcroft, Alwyn: Or The Gentleman Comedian (1780); James T Kirkman, Memoirs of the Life of Charles Macklin (1799); Georg C Lichtenberg, Letter from England (1775); Charles Macklin, Mr MACKLIN’S REPLY to Mr Garrick’s answer To which are prefix’d, all the papers which have publickly appeared, in regard to this important dispute (1743); John O’Keeffe, Recollections of the life of John O’Keeffe, Written By Himself (1826); Anthony Pasquin, The Children of Thespis (1787); John Taylor, Records of My Life (1832); John Villette, The Annals of Newgate; Or Malefactors Register (1776); Tate Wilkinson, Memoirs of His Own Life (1790); The Case of Charles Macklin, Comedian (1743); Theatrical Portraits (c1780); Extracts from The Hibernian Magazine, The Monthly Mirror and The True Briton
Volume 3: Margaret Woffington
Edited by Nicola Shaughnessy and Robert Shaughnessy
Extracts from: Anon, A Guide to the Stage (1751); Anon, London, A Satire (1551); Anon, Memoirs of the Celebrated Mrs Woffington (1760); Anon, The Vision Inscribed to Mrs Woffington (1753); Anon, Woffington’s Ghost A poem In answer to the Meretriciad (1761); W R Chetwood, A General History of the Stage (1749); Thoephilus Cibber, A Serio-Comic Apology for the Life of Mr T Cibber (1748); Thomas Davies, Dramatic Miscellanies (1785); John Hill, The Actor: a Treatise on the Art of Playing (1750); John Hoole, Monody: to the Memory of Mrs Margaret Woffington (1760); James Kirkman, Memoirs of the Life of C Macklin (1799); James Quin, Life of James Quin, Comedian (1766); Benjamin Victor, The History of the Theatres of London and Dublin (1761); Thomas Wilkes, A General View of the Stage (1759); Tate Wilkinson, Memoirs of his own Life (1790); ‘An Epilogue intended to be spoken by Mrs Woffington, in the Habit of a Volunteer, upon reading the Gazette, containing an Account of the late Action at Falkirk’, The Female Volunteer (1746); Original Letters, Dramatic Pieces and Poems (1776); ‘To His Grace the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland & c & c The Humble Petition of Margaret Woffington, Spinster’, Gentleman’s Magazine (1751)