Shakespeare and Garrick
By: Vanessa Cunningham.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780521889773
Subjects: Garrick, David, -- 1717-1779; Garrick, David, -- 1717-1779 -- Influence; Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Criticism, Textual; Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation -- History -- 18th century; Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Stage history -- 1625-1800; Drama -- Editing -- History -- 18th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: Garrick's alterations of Shakespeare : a note on texts; title: Garrick and Shakespeare : before the divorce of stage and page; title: The contexts of Garrick's alterations of Shakespeare; title: "To give the actor more eclat" : Garrick's earliest alterations of Shakespeare; title: "Re-bottling' Shakespeare" : Garrick in mid-career (1753-1768); title: (Entr'acte) : celebrating Shakespeare on page and stage in 1769; title: "Parental and filial capacities" : King Lear and Hamlet; title: Garrick's legacy to Shakespeare studies.