David Garrick

Definition: David Garrick

David Garrick

Noun

1. English actor and theater manager who was the foremost Shakespearean actor of his day (1717-1779).

Specialty Definition: David Garrick

David Garrick (February 19, 1717 - January 20, 1779) was an English actor, dramatist and theatre manager, and a pupil and friend of Dr. Johnson.

David Garrick was born in Hereford, England and educated, like Johnson, at Lichfield. Johnson later taught him the classics, and in 1737 he travelled to London to seek his fortune. Having failed to succeed in a legal career, he decided on the stage, and by 1741 he was the talk of the theatrical scene for his performance in William Shakespeare's Richard III. He went on to manage Drury Lane Theatre, and enjoyed a thirty-year career at the top of the tree, one of the most influential and popular figures in the whole of British theatre history.

David Garrick died in London, England and was interred in the "Poet's Corner" at Westminster Abbey.

Modern Usage: David Garrick

Domain	Usage
Clever	Corrupted freemen are the worst of slaves. (references; author: David Garrick) You are indebted to you imagination for three-fourths of your importance. (references; author: David Garrick) Cards were at first for benefits designed, sent to amuse, not to enslave the mind. (references; author: David Garrick)
Movie/TV Titles	David Garrick (1922)
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Commercial Usage: David Garrick

Domain	Title
Books	Actors Of Great Britain And The United States From The Days Of David Garrick To The Present Time (with Brander Matthews) (Notable American Authors) (reference) Pineapples of Finest Flavour: Or, a Selection of Sundry Unpublished Letters of the English Roscius, David Garrick. (reference) (more book examples)
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Familiar Quotations: David Garrick

Author	Quotation
David Garrick	Corrupted freemen are the worst of slaves.
	You are indebted to you imagination for three-fourths of your importance.
	Cards were at first for benefits designed, sent to amuse, not to enslave the mind.
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Modern Translations: David Garrick

Language		Translations for "david garrick"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Pig Latin		avidday arrickgay.(various references)
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Anagrams: David Garrick

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