David Garrick
David Garrick was an English actor who wrote, produced and influenced nearly all aspects of European theatrical practice throughout the 18th century, and was a pupil and friend of Samuel Johnson. He appeared in several amateur theatricals, and with his appearance in the title role of Shakespeare's Richard III, audiences and managers began to take notice.
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- Hereford
- Educated at
- King Edward VI SchoolSir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School
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1717
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