Books by David Garrick

Published in 1831, this two-volume collection of letters to and from the acclaimed actor David Garrick (1717-79), selected by Garrick himself and edited by James Boaden (1762-1839), draws back the curtain on the eighteenth century's golden age of theatre. The work includes a substantial biographical account.

Published in 1831, this two-volume collection of letters to and from the acclaimed actor David Garrick (1717-79), selected by Garrick himself and edited by James Boaden (1762-1839), draws back the curtain on the eighteenth century's golden age of theatre. The work includes a substantial biographical account.

As playwrights David Garrick and George Colman the Elder showed themselves to be practical men of the theatre, providing excellent acting parts and well-constructed scenes capable of provoking laughter in any age.