A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Volume 6, Garrick to Gyngell

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A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Volume 6, Garrick to Gyngell is written by Philip H. Highfill and published by SIU Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0809308339 (ISBN 10) and 9780809308330 (ISBN 13).

In contrast to each other, Volume 5 is a sociological portrait of mostly little people in their tragic and comic efforts to achieve fame on the London stage during the Restoration and eighteenth century, whereas Volume 6 is dom­inated by the glamour of David Gar­rick, Nell Gwyn, and Joseph Grimaldi, the celebrated clown. Some 250 por­traits individualize the great and small of the theatres of London.