The People - David Garrick

Name Variants
  • Mr Garrick
Gender
Man
Start
19 Feb 1717 (b.)
End
20 Jan 1779 (d.)
Country of Birth
England
Locality
Angel Inn, Hereford

Bio
BD Vol. 6: 1-116

Works (40 Results)

Title Year Type Role
Hamlet 1603 Mainpiece Author
King Lear 1608 Mainpiece Author
Cymbeline 1611 Mainpiece Author
The Chances 1617 Mainpiece Author
The Tempest 1623 Mainpiece Author
The Winter's Tale 1623 Mainpiece Author
The Gamesters 1633 Mainpiece Author
The Fatal Marriage; or, The Innocent Adultery 1694 Mainpiece Author
Lethe; or, Esop in the Shades 1740 Afterpiece Author
The Lying Valet 1741 Afterpiece Author
Miss in her Teens 1747 Afterpiece Author
The Fairies 1755 Mainpiece Author
Catherine and Petruchio 1756 Afterpiece Author
Lilliput 1756 Afterpiece Author
The Male Coquette; or, Seventeen Hundred Fifty-Seven 1757 Afterpiece Author
The Guardian 1759 Afterpiece Author
Harlequin's Invasion; or, A Christmas Gambol 1759 Afterpiece Author
The Enchanter; or Love and Magic 1760 Afterpiece Author
A Coronation 1761 Afterpiece Author
The Farmer's Return from London 1762 Afterpiece Author
A Midsummer Night's Dream 1763 Mainpiece Author
Neck or Nothing 1766 Afterpiece Author
The Clandestine Marriage 1766 Mainpiece Author
The Country Girl 1766 Mainpiece Author
Linco's Travels 1767 Afterpiece Author
A Peep Behind the Curtain; or, The New Rehearsal 1767 Afterpiece Author
Cymon 1767 Mainpiece Author
The Jubilee 1769 Afterpiece Author
The Ode, Upon Dedicating a Building and Erecting a Statue to Shakespeare at Stratford 1769 Afterpiece Author
King Arthur; or, The British Worthy 1770 Mainpiece Author
The Institution of the Garter; or, Arthur's Round Table Restored 1771 Afterpiece Author
The Irish Widow 1772 Afterpiece Author
A Christmas Tale 1773 Mainpiece Author
The Meeting of the Company 1774 Afterpiece Author
May Day; or, The Little Gipsy 1775 Afterpiece Author
The Theatrical Candidates 1775 Afterpiece Author
Bon Ton; or High Life Above Stairs 1775 Afterpiece Author
A Bundle of Prologues 1777 Afterpiece Author
Arthur and Emmeline 1784 Afterpiece Author
Mother Shipton's Review of the Audience N/A N/A Author

Activities (3 Results)

Theatre Activity
Covent Garden Actor
Drury Lane Actor, Proprietor

Benefits (Author) (9 Results)

Date Theatre Title Mainpiece Title After Piece(s) Door receipts Tickets Total Charges Ticket Count Type
20 Jan 1747 Covent Garden The Siege of Damascus Miss in her Teens £194 4s Unknown £194 4s £60 Unknown
04 Feb 1747 Covent Garden She Would and She Would Not Miss in her Teens, Turkish Pirate, Laundress's Visiting Day £166 7s 6d Unknown £166 7s 6d £60 Unknown
02 Jan 1749 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers Lethe; or, Esop in the Shades £186 7s Unknown £186 7s £63 Unknown
12 Dec 1757 Drury Lane The Fatal Marriage; or, The Innocent Adultery The Male Coquette; or, Seventeen Hundred Fifty-Seven, The Italian Peasants £190 Unknown £190 N/A Unknown
24 Feb 1766 Drury Lane The Clandestine Marriage Unknown Unknown Unknown N/A Unknown
01 Mar 1766 Drury Lane The Clandestine Marriage Unknown Unknown Unknown N/A Unknown
30 Dec 1773 Drury Lane A Christmas Tale The Citizen £223 11s 6d Unknown £223 11s 6d £84 Unknown
04 Jan 1774 Drury Lane A Christmas Tale A Trip to Scotland £224 19s Unknown £224 19s £84 Unknown
11 Jan 1774 Drury Lane A Christmas Tale The Deuce is in Him £174 3s Unknown £174 3s £84 Unknown

Benefits (Charity) (1 Results)

Date Theatre Title Mainpiece Title After Piece(s) Door receipts Tickets Total Charges Ticket Count Type
01 Jun 1771 Drury Lane Rule a Wife and Have a Wife Miss in her Teens, The Sailors Revels at Portsmouth; or British Glory Unknown Unknown Unknown N/A Unknown

Benefits (Employee/Tickets) (15 Results)

Date Theatre Title Mainpiece Title After Piece(s) Door receipts Tickets Total Charges Ticket Count Type
13 Jan 1743 Drury Lane Hamlet Unknown Unknown Unknown N/A Unknown
03 Mar 1743 Drury Lane The Tragedy of Jane Shore The Lying Valet Unknown Unknown Unknown N/A Unknown
05 Mar 1744 Drury Lane Hamlet Unknown Unknown Unknown N/A Unknown
09 Mar 1745 Drury Lane Othello Unknown Unknown Unknown N/A Unknown
30 Apr 1747 Covent Garden The Suspicious Husband £85 17s £189 £274 17s Free Unknown
04 Mar 1749 Drury Lane Richard III The Triumph of Peace £187 6s Unknown £187 6s Free Unknown
19 Feb 1750 Drury Lane Richard III A Duke and No Duke, Acis and Galatea £199 13s 6d Unknown £199 13s 6d N/A Unknown
16 Feb 1751 Drury Lane Richard III The Chaplet £190 Unknown £190 N/A Unknown
03 Feb 1752 Drury Lane Richard III The Chaplet £210 Unknown £210 N/A Unknown
18 Feb 1754 Drury Lane King Lear A Duke and No Duke £230 Unknown £230 N/A Unknown
04 Mar 1755 Drury Lane King Lear The Intriguing Chambermaid £220 Unknown £220 N/A Unknown
14 Feb 1756 Drury Lane Hamlet Lethe; or, Esop in the Shades, Comic Dance £212 Unknown £212 N/A Unknown
15 Feb 1759 Drury Lane Creusa, Queen of Athens The Guardian £200 Unknown £200 £63 Unknown
02 Nov 1771 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer The Institution of the Garter; or, Arthur's Round Table Restored, Comic Dance £199 7s 6d Unknown £199 7s 6d £84 Unknown
20 Feb 1773 Drury Lane Cymon The Pigmy Revels; or, Harlequin Foundling £199 12s Unknown £199 12s £84 Unknown

Money received (from theatre) (0 Results)

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