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David Garrick
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British actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer (1717–1779)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 85
Top works
- [David Garrick]
- Poetical Works of David Garrick, Esq [pt. 1]
- Reasons Why David Garrick, Esq
- Lethe
- Songs, Choruses
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1945-09-12
- Active to
- 2013-08-23
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 17,076
- Total plays
- 85,513
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British pop and classical crossover artist David Garrick was born Philip Darryl Core in Liverpool in 1946. His school choir master discovered his singing talents, characterised by a rich powerful voice which extended beyond two octaves, and David was encouraged by his choir master to take up traditional opera singing. However, the British pop rock scene of the swinging sixties proved too tempting, and David achieved almost instant success with his first recording, "Dear Mrs Applebee", in 1966.
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Basic local alignment search tool
· 1990 · cited 80,085x
- The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
· 2021 · cited 77,587x
- The moderator–mediator variable distinction in social psychological research: Conceptual, strategic, and statistical considerations.
· 1986 · cited 62,982x
- Evaluating Structural Equation Models with Unobservable Variables and Measurement Error
· 1981 · cited 60,986x
- Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement
· 2009 · cited 58,022x
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Quotes
- “Corrupted freemen are the worst of slaves.”
- “Their cause I plead,—plead it in heart and mind;A fellow-feeling makes one wondrous kind.”
- “Prologues like compliments are loss of time;’T is penning bows and making legs in rhyme.”
- “Let others hail the rising sun:I bow to that whose course is run.”
- “This scholar, rake, Christian, dupe, gamester, and poet.”
- “Heart of oak are our ships,Heart of oak are our men;We always are ready.”
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Key facts
- Born
- 19 February 1716, Widemarsh Street, Hereford
- Died
- 20 January 1779 (1779-01-20) (aged 62), Adelphi Buildings , London
- Resting place
- Westminster Abbey
- Occupation
- Actor
- Spouse
- Eva Marie Veigel
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Kauffman-Garrick.jpg
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- David Garrick
- date of birth
- 1717-02-19
- date of death
- 1779-01-20
- Commons gallery
- David Garrick
- name in native language
- David Garrick
- P12749
- Lengefeld
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Works in European collections
2 objects attributed to David Garrick, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Article
David Garrick (19 February 1716 – 20 January 1779) was an English actor who wrote, produced and influenced nearly all aspects of European theatrical practice throughout the 18th century, and was a pupil and friend of Samuel Johnson. He appeared in several amateur theatricals, and with his appearance in the title role of Shakespeare's Richard III, audiences and managers began to take notice.
Impressed by his portrayals of Richard III and several other roles, Charles Fleetwood engaged Garrick for a season at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in the West End. He remained with the Drury Lane company for the next five years and purchased a share of the theatre with James Lacy. This purchase inaugurated 29 years of Garrick's management of the Drury Lane, during which time it rose to prominence as one of the leading theatres in Europe. At his death, three years after he retired from Drury Lane and the stage, he was given a lavish public funeral at Westminster Abbey where he was buried in Poets' Corner.