Memoirs of the Life of David Garrick, Esq. : Interspersed with Characters and Anecdotes of his Theatrical Contemporaries (Paperback)

Dedication; Advertisement; 1. Mr Garrick's family; 2. Mr Garrick's arrival in London; 3. Characters of the actors in tragedy when Mr Garrick commenced player; 4. Account of the old actors continued; 5. Mr Garrick's first appearance on a London stage; 6. Managers of Drury-lane and Covent-garden uneasy at the success of Goodman's-field theatre; 7. Mr Garrick acting at Drury-lane theatre; 8. Prelude to the revolt of the comedians at Drury-lane; 9. Fleetwood sells the remaining term of his patent; 10. Revolutions in the theatrical world; 11. The managers of Drury-lane divide their several provinces; 12. Irene, a tragedy; 13. Character of Aaron Hill; 14. Managers complained of for not rearing theatrical plants; 15. New tragedies acted in 1753, 1754; 16. The Chinese festival; 17. Royal taste in acting; 18. Mr Foote's frequent engagements; 19. Dr Browne's Barbarossa and Athelstan; 20. A manager's difficulty arising from the offer of new plays and farces; 21. Mr Ralph; 22. Account of Woodward's desertion; 23. Archibald Bower's quarrel with Mr Garrick; 24. Winter's Tale, and Catherine and Petruchio; 25. Dr Smollet; 26. Mr Macklin's farce of Love alamode; 27. Mrs Woffington; 28. Churchill's Rosciad; 29. Coronation at both theatres; 30. Stage reformation.