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Garrick's Folly - The Shakespeare Jubilee of 1769 at Stratford and Drury Lane (Paperback)
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Garrick's Folly - The Shakespeare Jubilee of 1769 at Stratford and Drury Lane (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Shakespeare in Performance
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The great Shakespeare Jubilee festival was held at Stratford, under
the direction of David Garrick. The occasion was the dedication of
the new town hall and the presentation by Garrick of a statue of
Shakespeare. Immense interest, enthusiasm, and controversy were
aroused by the plans, which involved not only theatrical and
rhetorical festivities but fireworks, processions and a horserace.
This book was originally published in 1964 to coincide with the
400th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth. It describes the
festival, which touched heights of success and depths of disaster,
its impact on Stratford, its after effects in London, especially
theatrical London, where rival managers tried to cash in on
Garrick's idea and where Garrick turned the Stratford failure into
resounding success at Drury Lane. The author quotes entertainingly
from newspapers, memoirs, and plays, and illustrates her book with
contemporary engravings and portraits.
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