Garrick emerges from this book as one of the most splendid figures of the English eighteenth century and one of the happiest. He combined an electrifying stage presence with a reputation as a talented theatrical impresario; an ability to lead, inspire and cajole others made the Theatre Royal the theatrical light of its age. His popularity, together with his financial interest in Drury Lane, gave him a security and social standing unequalled by any of his predecessors or contemporaries: he became the intimate of dukes and duchesses, portrait painters and prime ministers, bishops and bluestockings. His correspondents included Boswell, Reynolds, Sheridan, Burke, Gibbon and Fox. Their voices, as well as Garrick's own, illuminate this book.
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Ian McIntyre worked for many years for the BBC, on both sides of the microphone. He was first presenter of Radio 4's ANALYSIS programme in the 1970s, and was subsequently the Corporation's longest-serving Controller of Radio 3. He was also Controller of Radio 4. Ian McIntyre's other books include THE EXPENSE OF GLORY: A LIFE OF JOHN REITH and DIRT AND DEITY: A LIFE OF ROBERT BURNS.
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