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How can the modern individual control his or her self-representation when the whole world seems to be watching? The question is not a new one. Julia Fawcett traces it back to 18th-century London - and to the strange and spectacular self-representations performed there by England's first modern celebrities.

Celebrities --- Fame --- English literature --- Theater --- Privacy --- Social psychology --- Secrecy --- Solitude --- Celebrity --- Renown --- Glory --- Celebrity culture --- Celebs --- Cult of celebrity --- Famous people --- Famous persons --- Illustrious people --- Well-known people --- Persons --- Fan clubs --- History --- Social aspects --- History and criticism. --- Great Britain --- Civilization --- Celebrities. --- Civilization. --- English literature. --- Historische Persönlichkeit. --- Privacy. --- Privatsphäre. --- Selbstdarstellung. --- Theater. --- History and criticism --- Social aspects. --- 1700-1799. --- Great Britain. --- Great Britian --- Gro�britannien. --- Autobiography --- Colley Cibber --- Garrick Club --- Laurence Sterne --- Pope --- The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy --- Gentleman --- Wig