Oxymoronica by Dr. Mardy Grothe
Author:Dr. Mardy Grothe
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-10-19T16:00:00+00:00
chapter seven
OXYMORONICA ON STAGE & SCREEN
D uring the eighteenth century, David Garrick was England’s greatest actor. A man of enormous talent onstage, he could be imperious and full of himself offstage. While Garrick was enjoying his success, the Irish-born Oliver Goldsmith was emerging as one of England’s most popular writers. When Goldsmith died in 1774, he had been working on a series of rhymed sketches called “Retaliations,” in which he skewered the leading figures of the day. About Garrick he wrote:
On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting;
’Twas only that when he was off he was acting.
It’s a great oxymoronic insult, to be sure, but it also captures an important reality about the crazy world of show business, where contradictions and all kinds of topsy-turviness abound.
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