David Garrick

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actor human playwright theatre director theatre manager theatrical producer

David Garrick was an 18th-century English actor, playwright, and influential theatre manager renowned for revolutionizing stage acting and popularizing Shakespeare’s works.

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Label	Occurrences
David Garrick canonical	10
English actor David Garrick	1

Statements (74)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	actor ⓘ human ⓘ playwright ⓘ theatre director ⓘ theatre manager ⓘ theatrical producer ⓘ
awardReceived	Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) ⓘ surface form: Fellow of the Royal Society
burialPlace	Poets’ Corner ⓘ surface form: Poets’ Corner, Westminster Abbey
closeFriend	Samuel Johnson ⓘ
commemoratedBy	Garrick Club ⓘ Garrick Theatre ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1717-02-19 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1779-01-20 ⓘ
educatedAt	Edial Hall School ⓘ King Edward VI School, Lichfield ⓘ surface form: Lichfield Grammar School
ethnicGroup	English ⓘ
familyName	Garrick ⓘ
fullName	David Garrick self-link ⓘ
genre	adaptation ⓘ comedy ⓘ farce ⓘ
givenName	David ⓘ
hasPart	Garrick’s Temple to Shakespeare ⓘ
hasSignature	signature of David Garrick ⓘ
influenced	18th-century acting style ⓘ later Shakespearean actors ⓘ
influencedBy	William Shakespeare ⓘ
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned	English ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	natural causes ⓘ
movement	18th-century British theatre ⓘ
notableFor	management of Drury Lane Theatre ⓘ naturalistic acting style ⓘ popularizing Shakespeare’s plays ⓘ reforming 18th-century stage acting ⓘ
notableWork	A Peep Behind the Curtain ⓘ Bon Ton ⓘ Katherina ⓘ surface form: Catharine and Petruchio Florizel ⓘ surface form: Florizel and Perdita Hamlet (stage performances) ⓘ surface form: Hamlet (adaptation) River Lethe ⓘ surface form: Lethe Miss in Her Teens ⓘ Romeo and Juliet ⓘ surface form: Romeo and Juliet (adaptation) The Clandestine Marriage ⓘ The Country Girl (adaptation) ⓘ The Enchanter ⓘ The Fairies ⓘ The Farmer’s Return from London ⓘ The Guardian ⓘ The Irish Widow ⓘ The Jubilee ⓘ The Lying Valet ⓘ The Male Coquette ⓘ
occupation	actor ⓘ playwright ⓘ producer ⓘ theatre director ⓘ theatre manager ⓘ
placeOfBirth	England ⓘ Hereford ⓘ Herefordshire ⓘ
placeOfDeath	England ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London
positionHeld	manager of Theatre Royal, Drury Lane ⓘ patentee of Theatre Royal, Drury Lane ⓘ
religion	Anglicanism (broadly) ⓘ surface form: Anglicanism
residence	Adelphi Buildings, London ⓘ surface form: Adelphi Terrace, London Hampton (London Borough of Richmond upon Thames) ⓘ surface form: Hampton, Middlesex
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
sibling	George Garrick ⓘ
spouse	Eva Marie Veigel ⓘ
studentOf	Samuel Johnson ⓘ
workLocation	London, England ⓘ surface form: London Theatre Royal Drury Lane ⓘ surface form: Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lichfield Garrick Theatre → namedAfter → David Garrick ⓘ

Kitty Clive → collaboratedWith → David Garrick ⓘ

Lichfield → hasNotablePerson → David Garrick ⓘ

Covent Garden Theatre → notablePerformer → David Garrick ⓘ

Drury Lane Theatre → notableManager → David Garrick ⓘ

Drury Lane Theatre → notablePerformer → David Garrick ⓘ

The Club → hasMember → David Garrick ⓘ

David Garrick → fullName → David Garrick self-link ⓘ

Garrick Theatre → namedAfter → David Garrick ⓘ

this entity surface form: English actor David Garrick

James Quin → contemporaryOf → David Garrick ⓘ