Annotated bibliography of readings related to David Garrick

This article is related to the exhibition, David Garrick, 1717-1779: A Theatrical Life.

This Annotated bibliography of readings related to David Garrick is not meant to be comprehensive but to provide a variety of resources about the life and times of David Garrick. The list includes Electronic Resources (including Archives and Repositories), Biographies, Plays, Correspondence, Criticism (1980–2005), Art, Auction Catalogs, and Bibliographies. For purposes of accessibility, this list focuses on books in English.

Electronic Resources

For additional online resources, see also Archives and Depositories.

Websites

Lichfield (England). Lichfield City Council

Website. http://www.lichfield.gov.uk/

Orleans House Gallery. Garrick's Temple to Shakespeare.

Website: http://www.garrickstemple.org.uk/

British Museum. Marble Full-Length Figure of William Shakespeare by Louis-François Roubiliac, 1758.

Website: http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_mla/m/marble_full-length_figure_of_w.aspx

Twickenham Museum. Garrick's Temple: A Shrine to Shakespeare.

Website: http://www.twickenham-museum.org.uk/detail.asp?ContentID=286

Twickenham Museum. Garrick's Villa: His "Little Place at Hampton".

Website: http://www.twickenham-museum.org.uk/detail.asp?ContentID=287

Online Editions

For additional editions, also see Print Editions.

Shakespeare, William. A Midsummer Night's Dream. Preparation copy made by David Garrick. London: Printed for J. Tonson, and the rest of the Proprietors, 1734.

Folger Call Number: PROMPT M.N.D. 06. Digital edition.

The University of Pennsylvania Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text and Image has digitized many items in their collection, including two plays altered by Garrick.

Shakespeare, William. Romeo and Juliet / by Shakespeare; with alterations, and an additional scene: by D. Garrick; as it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. London: Printed for J&R Tonson & S. Draper, 1753.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Shakespeare Library Call Number: PR2831 A2 G37 1753. Digital edition.

Shakespeare, William. The taming of the shrew, or, Catherine and Petruchio / a comedy altered from Shakespeare by David Garrick, esq. Marked with the variations in the manager's book at the Theatre-royal in Covent-garden. London: Printed for C. Bathurst [et al.], 1786.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Shakespeare Library Call Number: C59 Sh1TaK. Digital edition.

Databases

Association of Performing Arts Collections (APAC), UK.

Website: http://www.performingartscollections.org.uk

National Archives (Great Britain). A2A: Access to Archives.

Website: http://www.a2a.org.uk/

Biography

Monographs

Baker, David Erskine, Isaac Reed, and Stephen Jones. Biographia Dramatica; or, a Companion to the Playhouse: Containing Historical and Critical Memoirs, and Original Anecdotes of British and Irish Dramatic Writers, from the Commencement of Our Theatrical Exhibitions. New York: AMS Press, 1966.

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First published anonymously in 1764 under title: The companion to the playhouse.

Barton, Margaret. Garrick. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1978, c1948.

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Benedetti, Jean. David Garrick and the Birth of Modern Theatre. London: Methuen, 2001.

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Burnim, Kalman A. David Garrick, Director. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburg Press, 1961.

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Davies, Thomas. Dramatic Micellanies [sic] Consisting of Critical Observations on Several Plays of Shakspeare: With a Review of His Principal Characters, and Those of Various Eminent Writers, as Represented by Mr. Garrick, and Other Celebrated Comedians, with Anecdotes of Dramatic Poets, Actors, &C. New York: AMS Press, 1973.

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Reprint of the 1784 ed.

Davies, Thomas, and David Garrick. Memoirs of the Life of David Garrick. A new ed. New York: B. Blom, 1969.

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Reprint of the 1808 ed.

England, Martha Winburn. Garrick and Stratford. New York: New York Public Library, 1962.

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England, Martha Winburn. Garrick's Jubilee. Columbus: OSU Press, 1964.

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Findlater, Richard. Six Great Actors: David Garrick, John Philip Kemble, Edmund Kean, W. C. Macready, Sir Henry Irving, Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson. London: H. Hamilton, 1957.

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Fitzgerald, Percy Hetherington. The Life of David Garrick; from Original Family Papers, and Numerous Published and Unpublished Sources. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Plutarch Press, 1971.

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Reprint of the 1868 ed.

Fox, Levi. A Splendid Occasion: the Stratford Jubilee of 1769, Occasional papers; no. 20. Stratford-upon-Avon: Dugdale Society, 1973.

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Hedgcock, Frank A. A Cosmopolitan Actor: David Garrick and His French Friends. London: S. Paul, 1912.

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Kendall, Alan. David Garrick: A Biography. New York: St. Martin's, 1986.

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Knight, Joseph. David Garrick. New York: B. Blom, 1969.

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Reprint of the 1894 ed.

Matthews, Brander, and Laurence Hutton. Actors and Actresses of Great Britain and the United States, from the Days of David Garrick to the Present Time. New York: Cassell & co., 1886.

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McIntyre, Ian. Garrick. London: Allen Lane, 1999.

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Murphy, Arthur. The Life of David Garrick. New York: B. Blom, 1969.

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Reprint of the 1801 ed.

Oman, Carola. David Garrick. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1958.

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Parsons, Florence Mary Wilson. Garrick and His Circle. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1906.

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Perrin, Michel. David Garrick: Homme de Théâtre. 2 v. Lille: Atelier Reproduction des thèses, Université Lille III; Paris: diffusion H. Champion, 1978.

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Stein, Elizabeth P. David Garrick, Dramatist. New York: MLA, 1938.

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Stochholm, Johanne M. Garrick's Folly: the Shakespeare Jubilee of 1769 at Stratford and Drury Lane. New York: Barnes & Noble, 1964.

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Weir, Rosemary. The young David Garrick. New York: Roy Publishers, 1964.

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A biography written for children.