Plays by David Garrick and George Colman the Elder - Softcover

David Garrick; George Coleman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521280575 ISBN 13: 9780521280570

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Synopsis

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. At one time they were rival managers of the two main London theatres, Drury Lane and Covent Garden, but their friendship was greater than their rivalry and survived until Garrick's death. This volume includes five plays: three short farces by Garrick, a full-length play by Colman and the famous collaborative work The Clandestine Marriage. The playwrights' abilities complemented each other and their eventual parting illustrates the divergence of comic styles that were popular at the time – the satirical and the sentimental. In his introduction Mr Wood describes the composition and expectations of the contemporary London audiences and the theatrical careers of the two playwright-managers.

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Product Description:

RO40166467. PLAYS BY DAVID GARRICK AND GEORGE COLMAN THE ELDER. Non daté. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. légèrement pliée, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 217 pages. Illustré de quelques photos en noir et blanc. Etiquette de code sur le dos. Tampons et annotation de bibliothèque en page de titre.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon

Book Description:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0521280575
• ISBN 13: 9780521280570
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 217
• Editor: E. R. Wood