Autograph letter signed from David Garrick to J. Cradock, Esqr., at Grumbley ... [manuscript], 1771 September 4.

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Autograph letter signed from David Garrick to J. Cradock, Esqr., at Grumbley ... [manuscript], 1771 September 4.

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All hands are at work and will make as good a puppet show of it as it really is [i.e. The institution of the garter] ... Has read the Hermit [converted, by A.M.E. Cooke]; Johnson's criticism is as just as it is humorous.

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Cradock, Joseph, 1742-1826

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Author. From the description of Autograph letter signed, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270530598 ...

Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784

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Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) was one of the leading literary figures of eighteenth-century England. He is best remembered for compiling the first comprehensive dictionary of the English language, published in 1755. Prominent among his diverse other works, he also wrote the satirical History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia (1759), edited The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare (1765), and produced the important Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets (first collect...

Cooke, Adam Moses Emanuel, 1722-1783.

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Epithet: Playwriter British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000445.0x0000db ...

Garrick, David, 1717-1779

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David Garrick was raised in Lichfield, England, and became a leading actor, playwright and theatrical producer in London. From 1747 to 1776, he was a partner in the Drury Lane Theatre. From the description of Papers, 1749-1778. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 85213417 David Garrick, English actor and playwright. Garrick frequently invested in land, and in 1756 he bought a large estate in Hendon, northwest of London. There is no evidence that Garrick ever lived at H...