David Garrick

David Garrick was a British playwright, theatrical producer, writer, screenwriter and actor (1717–1779). He was born at Hereford and died at London.

Also recorded as Devid Garrik.

David Garrick in brief

Born
1717
Died
1779
Known for
playwright, theatrical producer, writer, screenwriter, actor, actor-manager and theatre manager
Place of birth
Hereford
Contents

Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the heading Devid Garrik. His recorded language was English.

He married Eva Marie Veigel. One child is recorded: Samuel Cautherley.

Formation and teaching

David Garrick studied at King Edward VI School and Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School. He trained under Samuel Johnson.

Catalogued works

51 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1746 to 2008.

Garrick's Temple to Shakespeare, dated 1756. Bon Ton. Catharine and Petruchio. Miss in Her Teens, dated 1747. The Clandestine Marriage. The Jubilee. [David Garrick]. Poetical Works of David Garrick, Esq [pt. 1]. Reasons Why David Garrick, Esq. Lethe. Songs, Choruses. Irish Widow. Catharine and Petruchio a Comedy, in Three Acts. Cymon a Dramatic Romance. As It Is Performed at the Theatre-Royal, in Drury-La. Peep Behind the Curtain. Lying Valet. Ode upon Dedicating a Building. Samuel Johnson's Prologue Spoken at the Opening of the Theatre in Drury-Lane in 1747 with Garrick's Epilogue. Dramatic Works of David Garrick. Sick Monkey, a Fable. Private Correspondence of David Garrick. The bon ton, or, High life above stairs. Three Plays By David Garrick. Fairy Tale in Two Acts Taken from Shakespeare. Private Correspondence of David Garrick with the Most Celebrated Persons of His Time. David Garrick. The diary of David Garrick. Irish Widow in Two Acts As It Is Performedat the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane The. The poetical works. Pineapples of finest flavour. Three plays. Letters. Three Farces By David Garrick (Lying Valet, Peep Behind the Curtain, Bon Ton). Letters, Volume III. Letters, Volume I. Fairies. an Opera. Taken from a Midsummer Night's Dream, Written by Shakespear. As It Is Perform'd at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. the Songs from Shakespear, Milton, Waller, Dryden, Hammond, &C. the Music Composed by Mr. Smith. Tempest. an Opera. Taken from Shakespear. As It Is Performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. the Songs from Shakespeare, Dryden, &C. the Music Composed by Mr. Smith. Songs, Chorusses, &C. Which Are Introduced in the New Entertainment of the Jubilee, at the Theatre-Royal, in Drury-Lane. Jubilee in Honour of Shakespeare. a Musical Entertainment. As Performed at the Theatre in Waterford. with Additions. Minor Theatre : Being a Collection of the Most Approved Farces, Operas, and Comedies, in One, Two and Three Acts : the Minor Theatre. Matrimonio Segreto. Poetical Works, with Explanatory Notes; Volume 2. Clandestine Marriage. [David Garrick correspondence]., dated 2008-, held by Wellcome Collection. David Garrick in the rôle of Richard III, awakening from his nightmare in the tent with military activities in the background. Etching by W. Hogarth and C. Grignion after W. Hogarth., dated Publish'd according to Act of Parliam't June 20th 1746, held by Wellcome Collection. Lethe . Written by David Garrick, Esq., dated 1780, held by Wellcome Collection. An epistle to David Garrick, Esq. By E. Lloyd, M. A., dated 1773, held by Wellcome Collection. Cymbeline A tragedy. By Shakespear. With alterations. By David Garrick, Esq;., dated 1767, held by Wellcome Collection. The Play-house: A satire. Addressed to David Garrick, Esq, dated 1756, held by Wellcome Collection. A letter to David Garrick , Esq. from William Kenrick, LL.D., dated 1772, held by Wellcome Collection. A letter to David Garrick, Esq. from William Kenrick, L.L.D, dated 1772, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 399 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

17 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Garrick, David, Oxford Music Online, 2001. Garrick, David, Oxford Art Online, 2003. Garrick, David (opera), Oxford Music Online, 2002. Garrick, David (1717–1779), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2017. David Garrick, An Essay on Acting (1744), Lives of Shakespearian Actors, Part I, Volume 1, 2024. Multimodal cartography of human lymphopoiesis reveals B and T/NK/ILC lineages are subjected to differential regulation, iScience, 2023. The Margins of the Rational Man: Fluid Identities in Eighteenth-Century Biography, Text Matters, 2012. Distinct subsets of multi-lymphoid progenitors support ontogeny-related changes in human lymphopoiesis, Cell Reports, 2023. Elizabeth Boyd's Disappearing Act: Performing Literary Legacy on the Georgian Stage, ABO : Interactive Journal for Women in the Arts 1640-1830, 2023. Age-Associated Decrease of the Histone Methyltransferase SUV39H1 in HSC Perturbs Heterochromatin and B Lymphoid Differentiation, Stem Cell Reports, 2016. CAR‐T cells derived from multiple myeloma patients at diagnosis have improved cytotoxic functions compared to those produced at relapse or following daratumumab treatment, eJHaem, 2022. CpG binding protein (CFP1) occupies open chromatin regions of active genes, including enhancers and non-CpG islands, Epigenetics & Chromatin, 2018. Transcriptomic characterisation of acute myeloid leukemia cell lines bearing the same t(9;11) driver mutation reveals different molecular signatures, BMC Genomics, 2025. Coherent splitting of two-dimensional Bose gases in magnetic potentials, arXiv. Observation of the BKT Transition in a 2D Bose Gas via Matter-Wave Interferometry, arXiv. Applying machine learning optimization methods to the production of a quantum gas, arXiv. Universal Scaling of the Dynamic BKT Transition in Quenched 2D Bose Gases, arXiv.

Digitised editions and texts

19 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive, Project Gutenberg, DataCite (McGill University), DataCite (n.a.), DataCite (Knowledge Commons) and DataCite (figshare).

Varh : komédija v dvéh djanjih : z englez̆kiga =: "The guardian" : a comedy ... (1840) — Internet Archive. Three Farces By David Garrick (Lying Valet, Peep Behind the Curtain, Bon Ton) (1925) — Internet Archive. The Clandestine Marriage (2023) — Internet Archive. The Country Girl. A Comedy. Altered from Wycherly by David Garrick. Adapted for Theatrical Representation, as Performed at the Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane (2011) — Internet Archive. The minor theatre: being a collection of the most approved farces ..., Volume 4 (1794) — Internet Archive. Katharina and Petruchio: A Comedy Taken from the Taming of a Shrew (1810) — Internet Archive. Die heimliche Ehe = Il matrimonio segreto : komische Oper in zwei Aufzügen : Clavier-auszug (1829) — Internet Archive. Three Farces (1925) — Internet Archive. Antony and Cleopatra: an historical play ... fitted for the stage by ... (1758) — Internet Archive. David Garrick. With portraits (1958) — Internet Archive. False Delicacy: a comedy (1768) — Internet Archive. The Clandestine Marriage, a Comedy. As It is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. (1766) — Internet Archive. A Fairy Tale in Two Acts Taken from Shakespeare (1763) — Project Gutenberg. Feminist comedy: The professionalization of women playwrights in London, 1750-1800 (2021) — DataCite (McGill University). Galsworthy's treatment of Social Problems and Ideas in His Drama. (1949) — DataCite (McGill University). The turning of the shrew: conversion as a literary methodology (2016) — DataCite (McGill University). Porträt von David Garrick (1760) — DataCite (n.a.). Garrick, Shakespeare, y la paradoja del comediante (2015) — DataCite (Knowledge Commons). MOESM1 of CpG binding protein (CFP1) occupies open chromatin regions of active genes, including enhancers and non-CpG islands (2018) — DataCite (figshare).

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 43 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)), 4 scientific preprints indexed (arXiv (Cornell University)) and 73 deposited research records (DataCite Commons). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 7 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 7 means 7 genuinely separate publishers of record. 12 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

David Garrick studied at King Edward VI School and Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School. training under Samuel Johnson is recorded. the recorded working language is English.

Subjects and genres recorded for the work are Shakespearean comedy.

Places of work recorded in the authority are London.

Chronology

  1. 1717David Garrick born at Hereford.
  2. 1747Miss in Her Teens.
  3. 1756Garrick's Temple to Shakespeare.
  4. 1779David Garrick died at London.
  5. 1794The minor theatre: being a collection of the most approved farces ..., Volume 4 digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 1810Katharina and Petruchio: A Comedy Taken from the Taming of a Shrew digitised by Internet Archive.
  7. 1840Varh : komédija v dvéh djanjih : z englez̆kiga =: "The guardian" : a comedy ... digitised by Internet Archive.
  8. 1925Three Farces By David Garrick (Lying Valet, Peep Behind the Curtain, Bon Ton) digitised by Internet Archive.
  9. 2011The Country Girl. A Comedy. Altered from Wycherly by David Garrick. Adapted for Theatrical Representation, as Performed at the Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane digitised by Internet Archive.
  10. 2023The Clandestine Marriage digitised by Internet Archive.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    arXiv, Cornell University, preprints naming “David Garrick”

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    DataCite Commons, deposited research records naming “David Garrick”

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    David Garrick, An Essay on Acting (1744), Lives of Shakespearian Actors, Part I, Volume 1, 2024

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    Garrick, David (1717–1779), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2017

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    Garrick, David (opera), Oxford Music Online, 2002

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    Garrick, David, Oxford Art Online, 2003

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    Garrick, David, Oxford Music Online, 2001

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    Open Library author record for David Garrick (Internet Archive), 85 catalogued works.

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  9. 9.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 11 articles naming David Garrick.

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    Internet Archive, 20 digitised items catalogued under David Garrick as creator.

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    Project Gutenberg holds 1 full text attributed to David Garrick.

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    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 399 works naming David Garrick.

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    Wikidata, structured authority record Q222390: David Garrick

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  14. 14.

    “David Garrick”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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