A Dish of Tea with Dr Johnson

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Synopsis

Out of Joint Presents: A Dish of Tea With Dr JohnsonIrritable, generous, seriously depressed yet a great wit: meet Samuel Johnson – poet, essayist and lexicographer. This evening of stories and conversation brings to life some of the most colourful figures of the eighteenth century. The host of characters bringing detail to this fascinating portrait includes biographer James Boswell, painter Joshua Reynolds, King George III, Bonnie Prince Charlie’s saviour Lady Flora MacDonald, and Mrs Thrale, the society hostess who was Johnson’s final, unrequited love.‘With A Dish of Tea with Dr Johnson we return to the fascinating world of the great Dr Johnson. Until the middle of the 19th Century only the two patent houses, Drury Lane and Covent Garden, were permitted to present drama. So when Samuel Foote, Johnson’s contemporary, presented his evening of comic impersonations and vignettes it was billed as An Invitation to a Dish of Chocolate with Samuel Foote. From him we have purloined our title.’ - Max Stafford-Clark

Book details

Series:
Oberon Modern Plays Ser.
Author:
Russell Barr, Ian Redford, Max Stafford-Clark
ISBN:
9781849436526
Related ISBNs:
9781849431064
Publisher:
Oberon Books
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2020-09-23
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2011
Copyright by:
Oberon Books 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Art and Architecture, Drama, Plays and Theater, Literature and Fiction, Nonfiction