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High Romance, True Comedy: David Garrick

by Turtle on Oct 1, 2009

High Romance, True Comedy: David Garrick

' David Garrick ' is an almost forgotten romantic comedy -- and that is our loss, for the piece is fantastic. Unlike most romantic comedies and in comparison to the new romantic comedies, this old fashioned story tells the plot in the mode of all the great romances: two people in love, kept separate by outside conditions. Where 'Garrick' differs is in the use of comedy, not tragedy, to portray the scene. Co-author and original performer of the title role, Edward A. Sothern relates: "In the course of a conversation one day [author T. W. Robertson] mentioned incidentally that many years ago he had translated a German comedy entitled 'Doctor Davy,' and recited the plot to me. It was so slight and thread-like, however, that an ordinary page of note paper would have sufficed to describe the whole thing. Notwithstanding this, I was struck by the simplicity of the story, and saw at a glance that it contained the elements of success... and when it was finally produced under the name...Read More >>



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