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((Short description|English actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer))
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| image            = David Garrick by Thomas Gainsborough.jpg
| caption          = Portrait by [[Thomas Gainsborough]], 1770
| birth_date       = 19 February 1717
| birth_place      = Widemarsh Street, [[Hereford]], England
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| death_place      = [[Adelphi, London#Adelphi Buildings|Adelphi Buildings]], London, England
| nationality      = English
| occupation       = ((hlist|Actor|playwright|theatre manager|producer))
| resting_place    = [[Westminster Abbey]]
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'''David Garrick''' (19 February 1717 – 20 January 1779) was an English actor, playwright, [[Actor-manager|theatre manager]] and producer who influenced nearly all aspects of European theatrical practice throughout the 18th century, and was a pupil and friend of [[Samuel Johnson]]. He appeared in several amateur theatricals, and with his appearance in the title role of [[Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Richard III (play)|Richard III]]'', audiences and managers began to take notice.

Impressed by his portrayals of Richard III and several other roles, [[Charles Fleetwood (theatre manager)|Charles Fleetwood]] engaged Garrick for a season at the [[Theatre Royal, Drury Lane]] in the [[West End theatre|West End]]. He remained with the Drury Lane company for the next five years and purchased a share of the theatre with [[James Lacy (actor)|James Lacy]]. This purchase inaugurated 29 years of Garrick's management of the Drury Lane, during which time it rose to prominence as one of the leading theatres in Europe. At his death, three years after he retired from Drury Lane and the stage, he was given a lavish public funeral at [[Westminster Abbey]] where he was laid to rest in [[Poets' Corner]].

As an actor, Garrick promoted realistic acting that departed from the bombastic style that was entrenched when he first came to prominence. His acting delighted many audiences and his direction of many of the top actors of the English stage influenced their styles as well. During his tenure as manager of Drury Lane, Garrick also sought to reform audience behaviour. While this led to some discontent among the theatre-going public, many of his reforms eventually did take hold. Garrick also sought reform in production matters, bringing an overarching consistency to productions that included [[set design]], [[costumes]] and even [[special effects]].

Garrick's influence extended into the literary side of theatre as well. Critics are almost unanimous in saying he was not a good playwright,((citation needed|date=December 2018)) but his work in bringing Shakespeare to contemporary audiences is notable. In addition, he adapted many older plays in the repertoire that might have been forgotten. These included many plays of the [[English Restoration|Restoration]] era. Indeed, while influencing the theatre towards a better standard he also gained a better reputation for theatre people. This accomplishment led Samuel Johnson to remark that "his profession made him rich and he made his profession respectable."

==Early life==
Garrick was born at the Angel Inn, Widemarsh Street, [[Hereford]]<ref>Text of plaque on site of Garrick Theatre, Hereford.</ref> in 1717 into a family with [[French Huguenot]] roots in [[Languedoc]], [[Southern France]]. His grandfather, David Garric, was in [[Bordeaux]] in 1685 when the [[Edict of Nantes]] was abolished, revoking the rights of [[Protestant]]s in France. Grandfather Garric fled to London and his son, Peter, who was an infant at the time, was later smuggled out by a nurse when he was deemed old enough to make the journey. David Garric became a British subject upon his arrival in Britain and later Anglicised his name to Garrick.((sfn|Kendall|1985|p=12)) Sometime after David Garrick's birth the family moved to [[Lichfield]], home to his mother. His father, a captain in the army, was a recruiting officer stationed in [[Gibraltar]]((sfn|Carruthers|Ward|1911|pp=475–77)) through most of young Garrick's childhood.

Garrick was the third of seven children and his younger brother, George (1723–1779), served as an aide to David for the remainder of his life. The playwright and actor [[Charles Dibdin]] writes that George, when on occasion discovering his brother's absence, would often inquire "Did David want me?" Upon Garrick's death in 1779, it was noted that George died 48 hours later, leading some to speculate that David did indeed want him.((sfn|Kendall|1985|p=13))

His nephew, Nathan Garrick, married Martha Leigh, daughter of [[Sir Egerton Leigh, 1st Baronet|Sir Egerton Leigh]], and sister of Sir Samuel Egerton Leigh, author of ''Munster Abbey; a Romance: Interspersed with Reflections on Virtue and Morality'' (Edinburgh 1797).((sfn|Bellot|1956|p=187))

[[File:William Hogarth - David Garrick as Richard III - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|300px|right|''Have mercy, Jesu! Soft! I did but dream.''<br/>''O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me!'' – Shakespeare's ''Richard III'' Act V, Sc. 3.<br/>David Garrick in 1745 as Richard III just before the battle of [[Bosworth Field]], his sleep having been haunted by the ghosts of those he has murdered, wakes to the realization that he is alone in the world and death is imminent. Painting by the English painter [[William Hogarth]] (which is on display at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool).]]
At the age of 19, Garrick, who had been educated at [[Lichfield Grammar School]], enrolled in [[Samuel Johnson]]'s [[Edial Hall School]]. Garrick showed an enthusiasm for the theatre very early on and he appeared in a school production around this time in the role of Sergeant Kite in [[George Farquhar]]'s ''[[The Recruiting Officer]]''. After Johnson's school was closed, he and Garrick, now friends, traveled to London together to seek their fortunes. Upon his arrival in 1737, Garrick and his brother became partners in a wine business with operations in both London and Lichfield with David taking the London operation.<ref name="Hartnoll 1983, p. 315">((harvnb|Hartnoll|1983|p=315)).</ref> The business did not flourish, possibly due to Garrick's distraction by amateur theatricals. Playwright [[Samuel Foote]] remarked that he had known Garrick to have only three quarts of vinegar in his cellar and still called himself a wine merchant.((sfn|Carruthers|Ward|1911|pp=475–77)) He was supposedly a pupil at [[Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School]].<ref name="Williamson's">((cite book |last1=Dodd |first1=George |title=Chambers's Handy Guide to the Kent & Sussex Coast in six routes or districts ... Illustrated with a clue map and numerous wood-engravings. [The preface signed: G. D., i.e. George Dodd.] |date=1863 |publisher=W. & R. Chambers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2ZtYAAAAcAAJ |access-date=12 July 2022 |language=en))</ref>

In 1740, four years after Garrick arrived in London, and with his wine business failing, he saw his first play, a satire, ''Lethe: or Aesop in the Shade'', produced at the [[Theatre Royal, Drury Lane]].((sfn|Kendall|1985|p= 17)) Within a year he was appearing professionally, playing small parts at the [[Goodman's Fields Theatre]] under the management of [[Henry Giffard]]. The Goodman's Fields Theatre had been shuttered by the [[Licensing Act 1737]] which closed all theatres that did not hold the [[patent theatre|letters patent]] and required all plays to be approved by the [[Lord Chamberlain]] before the performance. Garrick's performances at the theatre were a result of Giffard's help with Garrick's wine business. Giffard had helped Garrick win the business of the [[Bedford Coffee-house]], an establishment patronised by many theatrical and literary people and a location Garrick frequented.((sfn|Kendall|1985|p=19))

== Professional actor ==
[[File:Joshua Reynolds, David Garrick between Tragedy and Comedy, 1760-61 at Waddesdon Manor.jpg|alt=Joshua Reynolds, ''David Garrick Between Tragedy and Comedy'', 1760–61 at Waddesdon Manor|left|thumb|Joshua Reynolds, ''[[David Garrick Between Tragedy and Comedy]]'', 1760–61 at [[Waddesdon Manor]]]]
He made his debut as a professional actor on a summer tour to [[Ipswich]] with Giffard's troupe in 1741, where he played Aboan in [[Oroonoko]] at the theatre in Tankard Street. He appeared under the stage name ''Lyddal'' to avoid the consternation of his family.((sfn|Holland|1995|p=411)) But, while he was successful under Giffard, the managers of Drury Lane and [[Royal Opera House|Covent Garden]] rejected him.<ref name="Hartnoll 1983, p. 315" /> On 19 October 1741, Garrick appeared in the title role of ''Richard III''. He had been coached in the role by the actor and playwright [[Charles Macklin]] and his natural performance, which rejected the declamatory acting style so prevalent in the period, soon was the talk of London. Of his performance at Goodman's Fields, [[Horace Walpole]] remarked, "there was a dozen dukes a night at Goodman's Fields".((sfn|Carruthers|Ward|1911|pp=475–477)) Following his rousing performance, Garrick wrote to his brother requesting withdrawal from the partnership to devote his time completely to the stage. Having found success with Richard III, Garrick moved onto several other roles including [[The History of King Lear|Tate's adaptation]] of Shakespeare's ''[[King Lear]]'' and Pierre in [[Thomas Otway|Otway's]] ''[[Venice Preserv'd]]'' as well as comic roles such as Bayes in [[George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham|Buckingham's]] ''[[The Rehearsal (play)|The Rehearsal]]''; a total of 18 roles in all in just the first six months of his acting career. His success led [[Alexander Pope]], who saw him perform three times during this period, to surmise, "that young man never had his equal as an actor, and he will never have a rival".((sfn|Carruthers|Ward|1911|pp=475–477))

With his success at Goodman's Fields, Charles Fleetwood, manager of Drury Lane, engaged Garrick to play Chaumont in Otway's ''The Orphan'' (a role he first played in Ipswich)((sfn|Woods|1996|p=291)) on 11 May 1742 while he used his [[letters patent]] to close down Giffard's theatre.((sfn|Hartnoll|1983|p=231)) That same month, Garrick played King Lear opposite [[Margaret Woffington|Margaret "Peg" Woffington]] as [[Cordelia]] and his popular Richard III.((sfn|Kendall|1985|p=27)) With these successes, Fleetwood engaged Garrick for the full 1742–43 season.<ref name="Hartnoll 1983, p. 315" />

== Drury Lane ==
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[[File:Zoffany-Garrick in The Alchemist.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Garrick (right) as Abel Drugger in Jonson's ''The Alchemist'' painted by [[Johann Zoffany]]]]
At the end of the London season, Garrick, along with Peg Woffington, traveled to [[Dublin]] for the summer season at the [[Theatre Royal, Dublin|Theatre Royal, Smock Lane]]. While in Dublin, Garrick added two new roles to his repertoire: Shakespeare's [[Hamlet]], Abel Drugger in [[Ben Jonson]]'s ''[[The Alchemist (play)|The Alchemist]]'' (a role that earned him much acclaim<ref name="Hartnoll 1983, p. 315" />) and Captain Plume in Farquhar's ''The Recruiting Officer''.((sfn|Woods|1996|p=291)) Some of his success could be attributed to one of his earliest fans, [[John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork]], who wrote letters to many noblemen and gentlemen recommending Garrick's acting. His writings led Garrick to exclaim that it must have been the reason he was "more caressed" in Dublin.((sfn|Kendall|1985|p=26))

Five years after joining the acting company at Drury Lane, Garrick again traveled to Dublin for a season where he managed and directed at the Smock Alley Theatre in conjunction with [[Thomas Sheridan (actor)|Thomas Sheridan]], the father of [[Richard Brinsley Sheridan]]. After his return to London, he spent some time acting at Covent Garden under [[John Rich (producer)|John Rich]] while a [[farce]] of his, ''[[Miss in Her Teens]]'', was also produced there.

With the end of the 1746–1747 season, Fleetwoods' patent on Drury Lane expired in partnership with [[James Lacy (actor)|James Lacy]], Garrick took over the theatre in April 1747. The theatre had been in decline for some years, but the partnership of Garrick and Lacy led to success and accolades. The first performance under Garrick and Lacy's management opened with an ''Ode to Drury Lane Theatre, on dedicating a Building and erecting a Statue, to Shakespeare'' read by Garrick and written by his friend, Dr Johnson. The ode promised the patrons that "The drama's law the drama's patrons give,/For we that live to please must please to live." Certainly, this statement could be regarded as succinctly summing up Garrick's management at Drury Lane where he was able to balance both artistic integrity and the fickle tastes of the public.

[[File:William Hogarth - David Garrick (1717-79) with his wife Eva-Maria Veigel, "La Violette" or "Violetti" (1725 - 1822) - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Garrick and his wife, Eva Marie Veigel, painted by [[William Hogarth]]. From the [[Royal Collection]], [[Windsor Castle]].]]
After the Woffington affair, there were several botched love affairs, including possibly fathering a son with [[Jane Green (actress)|Jane Green]].((sfn|Batty|2004)) Garrick met [[Eva Marie Veigel]] (1724–1822), a German dancer in opera choruses who emigrated to London in 1746. The pair wed on 22 June 1749 and were preserved together in several portraits, including one by [[William Hogarth]]. Hogarth also made several drawings and paintings of them separately.  The union was childless but happy, Garrick calling her "the best of women and wives",((sfn|Carruthers|Ward|1911|pp=475–477)) and they were famously inseparable throughout their nearly 30 years of marriage. Garrick's increasing wealth enabled him to purchase a palatial estate for Eva Marie and himself to live in, naming it [[Garrick's Villa]], that he bought at [[Hampton, London|Hampton]] in 1754.((sfn|Sheaf|Howe|1995|p=55)) He also indulged his passion for Shakespeare by building a [[Garrick's Temple to Shakespeare|Temple to Shakespeare]] on the riverside at Hampton to house his collection of memorabilia.((sfn|Richmond Library staff|2011)) Hogarth collaborated with Garrick on the furnishing of this temple, and their relationship to, and self-identification with, Shakespeare has been extensively examined by [[Robin Simon (critic)|Robin Simon]].<ref> [https://www.paulholberton.com/product-page/shakespeare-hogarth-and-garrick-plays-painting-and-performance ''Shakespeare, Hogarth and Garrick: Plays, Painting and Performance''] (London 2023).</ref>

In September 1769 Garrick staged the [[Shakespeare Jubilee]] in [[Stratford-upon-Avon]].((sfn|Pierce|2005|pp= 4–10)) It was a major focal point in the emerging movement that helped cement Shakespeare as England's [[national poet]]. It involved a number of events held in the town to celebrate (five years too late) 200 years since Shakespeare's birth. In a speech made on the second day of the Jubilee in Stratford Garrick recognized the [[Shakespeare Ladies Club]] as those who "restor'd Shakespeare to the Stage," protecting his fame and erecting "a Monument to his and your own honor in Westminster Abbey."<ref>qtd. in ((harvnb|Stochholm|1964|p=91)).</ref> 

No Shakespeare plays were performed during the Jubilee, and heavy rain forced a Shakespeare Pageant to be called off. The Pageant was first staged a month later at [[Theatre Royal, Drury Lane|Drury Lane Theatre]] under the title ''[[The Jubilee]]'' and proved successful enjoying 90 performances.((sfn|Pierce|2005|pp=9–10)) The song "[[Soft Flowing Avon]]" was composed by [[Thomas Arne]], with lyrics by Garrick, for the Jubilee.

Garrick would manage the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, until he retired from management in 1776. In his last years he continued to add roles to his repertoire; Posthumus in ''[[Cymbeline]]'' was among his last famous roles.

== Death ==
Shortly before his death he worked on the production of ''[[The Camp (play)|The Camp]]'' with Sheridan at Drury Lane and caught a very bad cold. ''The Camp'' satirized the British response to a [[Armada of 1779|threatened 18th-century invasion by France]], leading some to jokingly claim that Garrick was the only casualty of the ultimately abandoned invasion.((sfn|Ennis|Slagle|2007|p=217))

He died less than three years after his retirement, at his house in [[Adelphi Buildings]], London,((sfn|Greenway|1999|pp=81-82)) and was interred in [[Poets' Corner]] in [[Westminster Abbey]]. Mrs. Garrick survived her husband by 43 years, living to the age of 98.

== Family ==
His great-grand-niece was the famous soprano [[Malvina Garrigues]]((sfn|BSO staff|1909|page=554)) and her first cousin, the Danish-American doctor [[Henry Jacques Garrigues]].

== Legacy ==
[[File:Kauffman-Garrick.jpg|thumb|left|David Garrick's portrait, by [[Angelica Kauffman|Kauffman]]]]

=== An easy, natural manner ===
Perhaps it was Garrick's acting, the most showy of his careers, that brought him the most adulation. Garrick was not a large man, only standing 5'4", and his voice is not described as particularly loud. From his first performance, Garrick departed from the bombastic style that had been popular, choosing instead a more relaxed, naturalistic style that his biographer Alan Kendall states "would probably seem quite normal to us today, but it was new and strange for his day." Certainly, this new style brought acclaim: [[Alexander Pope]] stated, "he was afraid the young man would be spoiled, for he would have no competitor." Garrick quotes [[George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton|George Lyttelton]] as complimenting him by saying, "He told me he never knew what acting was till I appeared." Even [[James Quin]], an actor in the old style remarked, "If this young fellow be right, then we have been all wrong."

While Garrick's praises were being sung by many, there were some detractors. [[Theophilus Cibber]] in his ''Two Dissertations on the Theatres'' of 1756 believed that Garrick's realistic style went too far:
((quote|his over-fondness for extravagant Attitudes, frequently affected Starts, convulsive Twitchings, Jerkings of the Body, Sprawling of the Fingers, slapping the Breast and Pockets:-A Set of mechanical Motions in constant Use-the Caricatures of gesture suggested by pert vivacity,-his pantomimical Manner of acting every Word in a Sentence, his Unnatural Pauses in the middle of a sentence; his forc'd Conceits; -his wilful Neglect of Harmony, even where the round Period of a well express'd Noble Sentiment demands a graceful Cadence in the delivery.((sfn|Sechelski|1996|p=380))
))

[[File:Zoffany-Garrick in Provoked Wife.jpg|thumb|"David Garrick in [[Vanbrugh]]'s ''[[Provoked Wife]]'', [[Theatre Royal, Drury Lane|Theatre Royal]], Drury Lane" by [[Johann Zoffany]], 1763]]
But Garrick's legacy was perhaps best summarised by the historian [[Rev Nicolas Tindal]] when he said that:

((quote|The ''deaf'' hear him in his ''action'', and the ''blind'' see him in his ''voice''.((sfn|Nichols|Bentley|1812|p=554))))

=== Memorials ===
* A two-volume biography, ''Memoirs of the life of David Garrick, Esq. : interspersed with characters and anecdotes of his theatrical contemporaries : the whole forming a history of the stage, which includes a period of thirty-six years'', was written by Thomas Davies (((Circa|1712))–1785) <ref>[https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008881814 Memoirs of the life of David Garrick, Esq. digital edition], available through [[HathiTrust]]</ref>
*[[Garrick Club|The Garrick Club]] in London, named in his honour.
*[[Garrick's Temple to Shakespeare]], built on ''Garrick's Lawn'' in the riverside gardens of his [[Garrick's Villa|Villa]] near [[Hampton Court]], now restored as a memorial to David Garrick and his life in [[Hampton, London]].
*A monument to Garrick in [[Lichfield Cathedral]] bears Johnson's famous comment:
((quote|I am disappointed by that stroke of death that has eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure.((sfn|Carruthers|Ward|1911|pp=475–477)) ))
*A carved stone medallion, a metre or more in diameter, showing Garrick is on display at [[Birmingham Central Library]].
[[File:David Garrick by Robert Edge Pine.jpg|thumb|David Garrick's portrait, by [[Robert Edge Pine]]]]
*Garrick was the first actor to be granted the honour of being buried in [[Westminster Abbey]], in Poets' Corner next to the monument to William Shakespeare. Later [[Henry Irving]], the first actor to be knighted, was buried beside him on the same spot. [[Laurence Olivier]] was the third to be given that honour, in 1989.
* [[Cedric Hardwicke]] portrayed Garrick in the 1935 British film ''[[Peg of Old Drury]]''.
* A 1937 film called ''[[The Great Garrick]]'', directed by [[James Whale]], is a fictional story of how Garrick's acting skills and ego inspire the actors of the [[Comédie-Française]] to try and teach him a lesson.  [[Brian Aherne]] stars as Garrick.
*In 1969, [[Ian McShane]] played Garrick in an episode of the [[Television in the United Kingdom|British]] [[television series]] ''[[Rogues' Gallery (TV series)|Rogues' Gallery]]''.
*He appears as a character in the plays ''[[David Garrick (play)|David Garrick]]'' (1864) and ''[[Mr Foote's Other Leg (play)|Mr Foote's Other Leg]]'' (2015).
*A School House at [[King Edward VI School, Lichfield]], is named after him.
*The lyrics he penned for "[[Heart of Oak]]" remain, with [[William Boyce (composer)|William Boyce]]'s music, the official March of the [[Royal Navy]].
*Legend has it that he was so engrossed in a performance of Richard III that he was oblivious to a [[bone fracture]], inspiring the theatrical felicitation "[[Break a leg#Richard III theory|Break a leg!]]".((sfn|Keever|1995))
*  There was a pub in [[Milton Keynes]] named after him in the Theatre District, open from 2000 and closed in 2016.
* [[The Garrick Inn, Stratford-upon-Avon|The Garrick Inn]], reputedly [[Stratford-upon-Avon]]'s oldest pub, is named after him.
* [[Garrick Bar|The Garrick Bar]], a Belfast pub named after him since 1870.
* [[The Garrick's Head]], an Urmston, Manchester pub named after him since 1830.
* Garrick's Head pub in [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]], behind the Georgian [[Theatre Royal, Bath|Theatre Royal]] is named after him.
* Five early Lodges of the Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes were named after Garrick.

=== Theatre names ===
((Main|Garrick Theatre (disambiguation)))
Several theatres have been named after Garrick:
*Two theatres, in London, have been named for him. The first, [[Garrick Theatre (Leman St)]] in [[Whitechapel]] opened in 1831, and closed in 1881. The second, opened in 1889 as the [[Garrick Theatre]], still survives.
*The [[Garrick Theatre, Lichfield|Lichfield Garrick Theatre]] takes its name from David Garrick, as does the Garrick Room, the main function suite in Lichfield's George Hotel.
*Two amateur dramatic theatres in Greater Manchester, the Altrincham Garrick Theatre and the [[Garrick Theatre (Stockport)|Stockport Garrick Theatre]] (1901), also take his name.
*The arts and theatre building at [[Hampton School]] is named after him.
*A [[Garrick Theatre (Guildford)|Community Theatre]] located in Guildford (north of Perth) in Western Australia, is named after Garrick. Established in 1932, the Garrick Theatre Club is the longest continually running amateur theatre in metropolitan Perth.
*A Community Theatre located in Bonavista, Newfoundland, Canada, is named after Garrick.

== Major works ==
((The Club|align=right|size=250px))
* ''[[Lethe: or, Aesop in the Shades]]'' (1740)
* ''[[The Lying Valet]]'' (1741)
* ''[[Miss in Her Teens]]; or, The Medley of Lovers'' (1747)
* ''[[Lilliput (play)|Lilliput]]'' (1756)
* ''[[The Male Coquette]]; or, Seventeen Fifty Seven'' (1757)
* ''[[The Guardian (David Garrick play)|The Guardian]]'' (1759)
* ''[[Harlequin's Invasion]]'' (1759)
* ''[[The Enchanter (play)|The Enchanter; or, Love and Magic]]'' (1760)
* ''[[The Farmer's Return from London]]'' (1762)
* ''[[The Clandestine Marriage]]'' (1766)
* ''[[The Country Girl (1766 play)|The Country Girl]]'' (1766)
* ''[[Neck or Nothing]]'' (1766)
* ''[[Cymon]]'' (1767)
* ''[[Linco's Travels]]'' (1767)
* ''[[A Peep Behind the Curtain]], or The New Rehearsal'' (1767)
* ''[[The Jubilee]]'' (1769)
* ''[[The Irish Widow]]'' (1772)
* ''[[A Christmas Tale (play)|A Christmas Tale]]'' (1773)
* ''[[The Meeting of the Company]]; or, Bayes's Art of Acting'' (1774)
* ''[[Bon Ton (play)|Bon Ton; or, High Life Above Stairs]]'' (1775)
* ''[[The Theatrical Candidates]]'' (1775)
* ''[[May-Day (play)|May-Day; or, The Little Gypsy]]'' (1775)

==References==
((Reflist|20em))

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== Further reading ==
*[[Ian McIntyre|McIntyre, Ian]] (1999). ''Garrick''. Allen Lane. ((ISBN|978-0-71399-328-8))
*Oya, Reiko (2007). ''Representing Shakespearean Tragedy: Garrick, the Kembles, and Kean''. Cambridge University Press.
*Seewald, Jan (2007), ''Theatrical Sculpture. Skulptierte Bildnisse berühmter englischer Schauspieler (1750–1850), insbesondere David Garrick und Sarah Siddons''. Herbert Utz. ((ISBN|978-3-8316-0671-9))
*Swanson, Alan (2013). ''David Garrick and the Development of English Comedy''. The Edwin Mellen Press.

== External links ==
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* [http://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/authors/pers00098.shtml David Garrick] at the [http://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/ Eighteenth-Century Poetry Archive (ECPA)]
* ((Gutenberg author | id=39948| name=David Garrick))
* ((Internet Archive author |sname=David Garrick))
* ((Librivox author |id=8628))
* [https://norman.hrc.utexas.edu/fasearch/findingAid.cfm?eadID=01434 Theater Arts Manuscripts:] An Inventory of the Collection at the [[Harry Ransom Center]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040307095740/http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker/collections/18c/hogarth.asp 'David Garrick as Richard III' by William Hogarth] at the [http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker/ Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool]
* [http://www.garrickstemple.org.uk/ Garrick's Temple to Shakespeare]
* [http://www.lichfieldgarrick.com/ Garrick Theatre Lichfield]
* [http://www.garrickclub.co.uk/profiles.asp Timeline] from [[Garrick Club]]
*[http://thediaryjunction.blogspot.com/2009/01/hissd-off-ye-english-stage.html Hiss’d of ye English Stage – The Diary Junction Blog]
* [http://www.garricktheatre.ca/ Garrick Theatre, Bonavista, Newfoundland]
*((citation |work= Folgerpedia |publisher= [[Folger Shakespeare Library]] |url=http://folgerpedia.folger.edu/Annotated_bibliography_of_readings_related_to_David_Garrick |title=Annotated bibliography of readings related to David Garrick |location=Washington DC ))
*[http://collection.waddesdon.org.uk/search.do?view=detail&page=1&id=41528&db=object Between Tragedy and Comedy] at [http://www.waddesdon.org.uk/ Waddesdon Manor]

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