Noun
English actor and theater manager who was the foremost Shakespearean actor of his day (1717-1779)
Source: WordNetDavid Garrick 's 18th-century version also modified several scenes, removing material then considered indecent, and Georg Benda 's Romeo und Julie omitted much of the action, and added a happy ending. Source: Internet
During the few years after its foundation the British Museum received several further gifts, including the Thomason Collection of Civil War Tracts and David Garrick 's library of 1,000 printed plays. Source: Internet
His innovation in the closing scene was even more enduring, and was used in adaptations throughout the next 200 years: Theophilus Cibber 's adaptation of 1744, and David Garrick 's of 1748 both used variations on it. Source: Internet
Queer theory The playbill from a 1753 production at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane starring David Garrick A number of critics have found the character of Mercutio to have unacknowledged homoerotic desire for Romeo. Source: Internet
In 1755, David Garrick did the opposite of what had been done a century earlier: he extracted Bottom and his companions and acted the rest, in an adaptation called The Fairies. Source: Internet
Johnson left for London with his former pupil David Garrick on 2 March 1737, the day Johnson's brother died. Source: Internet