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David Garrick and the Development of English Comedy: A Study of Adaptation on the Eighteenth-century Stage
Author(s): Alan Swanson (Author)
- Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press Ltd
- Publication Date: 1 Jan. 2013
- Language: English
- Print length: 288 pages
- ISBN-10: 0773440577
- ISBN-13: 9780773440579
Book Description
David Garrick was an assiduous reader and collector of older English (and, to some extent, French) play. Some of them he remodelled and imitated for his company. He forms a bridge in the movement and development of comedy in the 18th century. Includes CD.
