David Garrick
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David Garrick was an English actor who wrote, produced and influenced nearly all aspects of 18th century European theatrical practice, and was a pupil and friend of Samuel Johnson.
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Have mercy, Jesu! Soft! I did but dream.O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me! - Shakespeare's Richard III Act V, Sc. 3.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 realisation 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).
Joshua Reynolds, David Garrick Between Tragedy and Comedy, 1760-61 at Waddesdon Manor
Wager between Mr Bedford and Mr Williams (for two gallons of claret) that Mr Garrick did not act upon the stage before 1732, countersigned by David Garrick that he first acted at Goodman’s Fields Theatre in the year 1741; image from University of Bristol Theatre Collection.
Garrick (right) as Abel Drugger in Jonson's The Alchemist painted by Johann Zoffany
Garrick and his wife, Eva Marie Veigel, painted by William Hogarth. From the Royal Collection, Windsor Castle.
Portrait of David Garrick by Angelica Kauffman, 1764
David Garrick in The Provoked Wife by Johann Zoffany, 1763In their orbit 1
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David Garrick was an English actor who wrote, produced and influenced nearly all aspects of 18th century European theatrical practice, 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, audiences and managers began to take notice.
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