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- Creator:
- Garrick, David, 1717-1779
- Published / Created:
- 1761
- Call Number:
- 1971 304
- Image Count:
- 1
- Description:
- A satire in verse upon Thomas Fitzpatrick, occasioned by his attack on Garrick in a series of letters published in the Craftsman, signed X.Y.Z. The letters were subsequently published in 1760 under title: An enquiry into the real merit of a certain popular performer. cf. Knight, Joseph. David Garrick. 1894, p. 188 and Davies, Thomas. Memoirs of the life of David Garrick. 1781, v. 2, p. 19-20., BEIN 1971 304: Binder's title: Poems., Facing title page: The Fribbleriad, London, Printed for J. Coote, at the king's-Arms, in Pater-Noster-Row. [1761], and Signatures: A-C⁴D².
- Publisher:
- Printed for J. Coote, at the King's-Arms, in Pater-Noster-Row,
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The fribbleriad ...
3.
- Creator:
- Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814
Garrick, David, 1717-1779 - Published / Created:
- [1770]
- Call Number:
- Vm27 O9
- Image Count:
- 43
- Alternative Title:
- Jubilee, Shakespeare's garland, and Shakespeare's garland.
- Publisher:
- Printed & sold by John Johnston ... & Longman, Lukey & Broderip,
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The overture, songs, airs, and chorusses, in the jubilee, or, Shakespear's garland as performed at Stratford upon Avon, and the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane : to which is added a cantata called : Queen Mab, or, The fairies jubilee / composed by Charles Dibdin ...
4.
- Creator:
- Garrick, David, 1717-1779
- Published / Created:
- 1746 August, Undated
- Call Number:
- OSB MSS 125
- Collection Title:
- David Garrick papers from the Thomas Rackett collection
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 | Folder 6
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Letters, manuscript poems, financial papers, and other documents relating to David Garrick and his tenure as manager of the Drury Lane Theatre. Letters include a lengthy 1751 letter from Richard Berenger describing theaters and operas in Paris; transcripts of two letters from Garrick to Francis Hayman about plans for a series of prints from Shakespeare; and a 1767 letter from the actor Patrick O'Brien discussing his "exiled" life in New York. Manuscript verse consists of drafts of several prologues and epilogues, and copies of comic epigrams and songs. Other papers include a record of receipts for the first season of Drury Lane; "A Scheme for a Theatrical Society;" a list of characters performed by Garrick in 1741-42; and a copy of "Mr. Taylor's address to young students and lovers of landscape painting."
- Description:
- David Garrick (1717-1779) was the most celebrated Shakespearean actor of his time and the successful manager of the Drury Lane Theatre for almost three decades. and Thomas Rackett (1755-1840) received his MA from University College, Oxford in 1780 and named rector of Spetisbury in Dorset shortly after; he held the living until his death in 1840. Rackett devoted much time to his antiquarian interests; he was a member of the Linnean Society, the Royal Society, and the Society of Antiquaries, and contributed several drawings to John Hutchins's History of Dorset. He died at Spetisbury in November of 1840.
- Subject (Name):
- Drury Lane Theatre, Garrick, David,--1717-1779, Hayman, F.--(Francis),--1708-1776, and Rackett, Thomas,--1757-1841--Ownership
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors--England, Landscape painting, English, Theater--England--18th century, Theater--Great Britain--18th century, and Theatrical managers--England
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Two letters [transcripts] to Frank Hayman about subject for pictures from Shakespeare
