Author : Philip H. Highfill
Release : 1978
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 330/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Volume 6, Garrick to Gyngell by : Philip H. Highfill
Download or read book A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Volume 6, Garrick to Gyngell written by Philip H. Highfill. This book was released on 1978. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In contrast to each other, Volume 5 is a sociological portrait of mostly little people in their tragic and comic efforts to achieve fame on the London stage during the Restoration and eighteenth century, whereas Volume 6 is dominated by the glamour of David Garrick, Nell Gwyn, and Joseph Grimaldi, the celebrated clown. Some 250 portraits individualize the great and small of the theatres of London.