How Garrick and company resurrected Shakespeare, guaranteeing his immortality-and theirs
How do we recapture, or hold on to, the live performances we most love, and the artists and performers we most revere? Shakespeare and the Legacy of Loss tells the story of how 18th-century actors, novelists, and artists, key among them David Garrick, struggled with these questions through their reenactments of Shakespearean plays.
