David Garrick

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Standard Name: Garrick, David

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Connections Author name Excerpt
Literary responses Mary Latter
Garrick thought her letter fine & conceited.
Garrick, David. Letters. Editors Little, David M. and George M. Kahrl, Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1963, 3 vols.
3: 927n3
The first editor of his correspondence, James Boaden , called her in a note this silly and impudent woman,
Garrick, David. Correspondence. Editor Boaden, James, H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1831, 2 vols.
1: 634n
typically folding together the...
Literary responses Dorothea Celesia
A prologue by William Whitehead mentioned DC 's right to inherit her father's theatrical talent, in spite of her sex: No Salick law here bars the female's claim. It concluded with the statement that critics...
Literary responses Charlotte Lennox
The Monthly Review called the first two volumes very judicious and truly critical.
Griffiths, Ralph, 1720 - 1803, and George Edward Griffiths, editors. Monthly Review. R. Griffiths.
9: 145
CL later wrote that the work had been received with very general favour
Isles, Duncan. “The Lennox Collection (Concluded)”. Harvard Library Bulletin, Vol.
19
, No. 4, Oct. 1971, pp. 416-35.
422
and was translated into German...
Literary Setting Ann Thicknesse
An introduction explains that this book, although called a novel, will not deal in pathetic tales of love, marvellous prodigies, or even . . . elegant flights of fancy, but only plain simple facts...
Material Conditions of Writing Hannah More
She had written four of its five acts when David Garrick died, leaving her indifferent about the play and reluctant about performance.
Jones, Mary Gwladys. Hannah More. Cambridge University Press, 1952.
37
Demers, Patricia. The World of Hannah More. University Press of Kentucky, 1996.
24
Richard Brinsley Sheridan wrote an epilogue.
Jones, Mary Gwladys. Hannah More. Cambridge University Press, 1952.
38
It was published by...
names Hannah More
  • BirthName: Hannah More
    The Orlando Project gratefully acknowledges valuable help with this document from Dr Mary Waldron. Any flaws or errors are, of course, not hers.

  • Nickname: Nine
    David Garrick gave her this nickname, to...
Occupation Anna Miller
The day chosen was Friday, later switched to Thursday. The meetings took place in winter, the fashionable season at Bath, and upper-class visitors were eager to attend. Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire visited during the first...
Occupation Mary Robinson
Still in her teens, Mary Darby (later MR ) was praised by the actor Thomas Hull , and introduced to David Garrick and Arthur Murphy . Garrick decided to groom her as the Cordelia to...
Occupation Leah Sumbel
From the age of five Mary Stephens Davies (later Mary Wells, then LS ) acted in children's roles in Birmingham: she made her debut as one of the little princes in the Tower in...
Performance of text Hannah Cowley
HC 's farce or afterpiece Who's the Dupe? opened at Drury Lane under Garrick 's successor, Sheridan .
It was normal practice for light-hearted sketches to follow more serious plays to complete the evening's entertainment.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
5: 246
Performance of text Hannah More
HM had her first London opening: her second tragedy, Percy, was produced by David Garrick at Covent Garden .
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
5: 133
Performance of text Hannah Cowley
HC 's first play, the comedy The Runaway, opened at Drury Lane , as the only new mainpiece of David Garrick 's final season; it had the successful run of seventeen nights.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
4: 1952
Link, Frederick M., and Hannah Cowley. “Introduction”. The Plays of Hannah Cowley, Vol.
1
, Garland, 1979, p. v - xlxx.
vii, x
Publishing Susan Smythies
SS had trouble securing a publisher for this novel. Because of this, Samuel Richardsonadvised her to try her Friends by a private Subscription, which turned out a success beyond her Hopes.
qtd. in
Eaves, T. C. Duncan, and Ben D. Kimpel. Samuel Richardson: A Biography. Clarendon, 1971.
464
Subscribers included...
Publishing Frances Sheridan
FS wrote to David Garrick from Blois in France about her draft comedy A Journey to Bath.
Catto, Susan J. Modest Ambition: The Influence of Henry Fielding, Samuel Richardson, and the Ideal of Female Diffidence on Sarah Fielding, Charlotte Lennox, and Frances Brooke. University of Oxford, 1998.
479n
Publishing Frances Brooke
FB 's Virginia a Tragedy, with Odes, Pastorals, and Translations appeared in print. David Garrick and John Rich had rejected this tragedy for the stage.
The play had been in competition with one of the...

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