David Garrick

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Standard Name: Garrick, David

Connections

Connections Author name Excerpt
Textual Features Frances Brooke
The periodical's theatre reports, provided by a little court of female criticism
Brooke, Frances. “Introduction”. The Excursion, edited by Paula R. Backscheider and Hope D. Cotton, University Press of Kentucky, p. ix - xlix.
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that includes Mary Singleton and a further six virgins,
Brooke, Frances. “Introduction”. The Excursion, edited by Paula R. Backscheider and Hope D. Cotton, University Press of Kentucky, p. ix - xlix.
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deplore the displacement of Shakespeare 's original King Lear by Nahum Tate
Intertextuality and Influence Frances Brooke
Eight months after Brooke's broadside against Garrick , he put on a version of Lear which was slightly closer to Shakespeare.
McMullen, Lorraine. An Odd Attempt in a Woman: The Literary Life of Frances Brooke. University of British Columbia Press.
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Though she had praised his acting, Garrick seems to have been seriously offended...
Literary responses Frances Brooke
Garrick called FB 's Virginia (before it reached print) a play, which I did not like, & would not act.
Garrick, David. Letters. Editors Little, David M. and George M. Kahrl, Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.
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A footnote in his correspondence says it was published in Dublin in 1754, but...
Theme or Topic Treated in Text Frances Brooke
This novel became notorious for its hostile portrait of Garrick . It also complains of the lack of outlets for new plays, attacks Town and Country Magazine for its Tete-a-Tete feature of gossip or scandal...
Intertextuality and Influence Aphra Behn
Aspects of this story were re-used by Jane Barker (for Philinda's Story out of the Book in The Lining of the Patch-Work Screen, 1725) and by Thomas Southerne and David Garrick for works for...
Family and Intimate relationships Barbarina Brand, Baroness Dacre
The senior Wilmots' circle of friends included people still remembered, like Hannah More , David Garrick , Sir Joshua Reynolds , and Lady Charlotte Finch .
Barbarina Charlotte, Lady Grey,. A Family Chronicle. Editor Lyster, Gertrude, John Murray.
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Valentine Wilmot had a taste for recklessness with...

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