Autograph letters initialed and signed from David Garrick to George [Garrick] [manuscript], 1752 August 28-September 1.

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Autograph letters initialed and signed from David Garrick to George [Garrick] [manuscript], 1752 August 28-September 1.

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Refers to his difficulties with Lacy; mentions Dr. Young's and Moore's plays and discusses certain roles for various actors. Has had enough of the Auretti family. Wrtes that he is enclosing some lines upon the affair between Withers and Dr. Garnier for the publisher of the Whitehall ("The Buck and the Doctor").

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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...

Auretti, Janneton, active 18th century

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Auretti, Anne, active 18th century

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Garnier, George, 1703-1763

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Young, Edward, 1683-1765

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English poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Welwyn, Herts.], to [Samuel Richardson], 1750 Apr. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270584539 Edward Young was a poet, dramatist and satirist, born at Upham near Winchester. He was the son of Edward Young, the rector of Upham, (who was later Dean of Salisbury and chaplain to William and Mary). In 1702 Young went to New College, Oxford, but moved to Corpus Christi, and then to a law fellowship at All Souls in ...

Lacy, James, 1696-1774

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Withers, fl. 1752

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Garrick, George, 1723-1779

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George Garrick (1717-1779) was an English actor, playwright, and theater manager who appeared in several amateur theatricals before purchasing Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, with a friend and co-worker James Lucy. During this ownership the theater rose to prominence as one of the leading theaters in Europe. He was never noted as a great playwright, but gained positive review in bringing Shakespeare to contemporary audiences. He died three years after retiring at Drury Lane, and three years after tha...

Moore, Edward, 1712-1757

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