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Show X1y CONTENTS,. M - CHAP. XLIX, Garnick._considgred as man ger of the theq tre-The duty of@ paten ee-State of th ~dram before. Garrick appeared-S l. Seription by ladies of fashion or the revival of Shakespeare's plays- imilar en couragement. wanted a present-Observation of Lord Shaftesbu y---PubZic tast reformed b Garrick- The lrue en fragedy-Its gre at. utilit -Voltaire's attempts to depreciate Shak espeare-Gar . Tick's admiration o Shakesp‘earfi--,Hi re . gard for our lest tragi poets-His attention to the writers o good comedy- Ep€ouragement of modern authors-Mode.rale charges on the auth r's L'emy?t-nighjs -Letter on that subjec to Dr, Smollet Garrick's liberality to th perforr ners. 1,5 CHAP Garric considered a 1 an actor-Impossibl . to describe him pmp r{}&-.ColIey Cibbé;;' account of Betterton, but cknowledged t e infe rior to the acto 's merit-FH;s deséripti on of Bett rton in Hamlct-7 same applicable to G arr ck-Garrick's per |