https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/06/30/david-garrick-in-the-east-end/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Wed, 01 Jul 2015 18:25:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/06/30/david-garrick-in-the-east-end/#comment-979638 Wed, 01 Jul 2015 18:25:30 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=135965#comment-979638 I have often wondered whether these great personalities would cut the mustard on a modern stage. Without recordings, film or television, what did the audiences of the 1740’s have to compare against the performances of the like of Mr Garrick. Were his speeches delivered realistically or were they declaimed in a melodramatic fashion? I should like to have seen his first performance as Richard 111 and also his 90th… Now that really would be a testament to his growth as an actor.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/06/30/david-garrick-in-the-east-end/#comment-979339 Tue, 30 Jun 2015 19:19:36 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=135965#comment-979339 Thanks for this fascinating article! You might like these two books on Garrick: http://bit.ly/1GHa1ph and http://bit.ly/1JuWs1B

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/06/30/david-garrick-in-the-east-end/#comment-979302 Tue, 30 Jun 2015 15:52:54 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=135965#comment-979302 So life doesn’t change – the show business celebrity gains huge fortune and fame and the intellectual who makes a major contribution to the English world was over-shadowed (at least initially). An interesting account that makes me marvel at how an actor’s fame can endure for so long with no tangible evidence of his talent beyond the reviews of his contemporaries.

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