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Garrick, David, 1717-1779

LC control no.n 50000443
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPR3465 PR3469
Personal name headingGarrick, David, 1717-1779
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Variant(s)Garrik, Devid, 1717-1779
Associated countryEngland Great Britain
Birth date1717-02-19
Death date1779-01-20
Place of birthHereford (England)
Place of deathLondon (England)
Profession or occupationPlaywrights
Actors Theatrical managers Theatrical producers and directors Dramatists
Found inWikipedia, viewed September 16, 2015 (David Garrick (19 February 1717--20 January 1779) was an English actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer who influenced nearly all aspects of theatrical practice throughout the 18th century, and was a pupil and friend of Dr Samuel Johnson. Garrick was born at the Angel Inn, Widemarsh Street, Hereford in 1717. He died less than three years after his retirement, at his house in Adelphi Buildings, London, and was interred in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey)
   <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Garrick>
The birth of modern theatre, 2019: eCIP title page (dominant figure for thirty years was David Garrick, actor, theatre manager and playwright)
Associated languageeng