Thursday, 29 October 2015

From pauper to the first luvvie - thanks to a broken leg and a pop-up wig! QUENTIN LETTS explains the influence of David Garrick on theatre ahead of a BBC documentary

When it came to 18th-century showbusiness, no one was bigger than David Garrick. He was England’s best-known actor and for 29 years ran the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.

From pauper to the first luvvie - thanks to a broken leg and a pop-up wig! QUENTIN LETTS explains the influence of David Garrick on theatre ahead of a BBC documentary

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