Autograph letter signed by David Garrick to Hawkesworth [manuscript], [1759 July 12?] Thursday.

Cautherly, Samuel, -1805

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Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689

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Aphra Behn, playwright. From the description of The rover: typescript, 1994. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 144652515 English author and spy. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Abigail, daughter-in-law of Edmund Waller, [after 1687 Oct. 21]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270623324 ...

Booth, Mr., fl. 1759

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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...

Southerne, Thomas, 1660-1746

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Playwright Thomas Southerne was born in Ireland and educated at Dublin's Trinity College. He travelled to London to study law, but found success as a playwright; his first play, The Persian Prince, included a noble character based on King James II, and Southerne was rewarded with a military commission. He is principally remembered for dramatizing two of Aphra Behn's novels for the stage, including The Fatal Marriage, which remained popular into the 19th century, and Oroonoko, an early condemnati...

Hawkesworth, John, 1715?-1773

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John Hawkesworth, English writer. His book on British naval missions to the south Pacific, An account of the voyages undertaken by ... Commodore Byron (et al.), was published in 1773. The Commodore Byron mentioned in the title of his book is John "Foul-weather Jack" Byron, grandfather of Lord Byron. From the description of John Hawkesworth manuscript material : 1 item, 1772 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 301749977 Compiler of parliamentary debates after Johns...