Talk:David Garrick
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[edit] Retirement from management of Drury Lane
Article now says 1762 -- that can't be right, is it? [1] implies 1776. —Bunchofgrapes (talk) 20:00, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
- 1776 is the correct year. See also Carola Oman's David Garrick (1958) and [2] --Thf1977 20:18, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
- OK, it may be wrong. I'm taking that date from the date when he left after the riots over ticket prices and went to the continent. Forgive me. *Exeunt* Ganymead | Dialogue? 21:01, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
- This is still very much a work in progress, obviously. Thanks for y'all's attention to detail! *Exeunt* Ganymead | Dialogue? 21:04, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
- Of course, no big deal -- that just happened to be a date on my mind, as I drive myself insane trying to figure out the chain of management and ownership at Drury Lane over 350 years. —Bunchofgrapes (talk) 21:18, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
- Just curious, what sources are you using to determine this chain? I may be able to help you with some of the sources I have. *Exeunt* Ganymead | Dialogue? 02:46, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
- Of course, no big deal -- that just happened to be a date on my mind, as I drive myself insane trying to figure out the chain of management and ownership at Drury Lane over 350 years. —Bunchofgrapes (talk) 21:18, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
- This is still very much a work in progress, obviously. Thanks for y'all's attention to detail! *Exeunt* Ganymead | Dialogue? 21:04, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
- OK, it may be wrong. I'm taking that date from the date when he left after the riots over ticket prices and went to the continent. Forgive me. *Exeunt* Ganymead | Dialogue? 21:01, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Johnson's Academy
Boswell says that Johnson's school opened in 1736 and remained so for about a year and a half. Garrick must have been about nineteen at the time, if the birth year is correct.Bilinear 01:59, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Publications section
This was removed and will be replaced by the References section. But since some of these works are not listed there, I'll move this here.
- Knight, Life (London, 1894)
- Fitzgerald, Life (London, 1868)
- Murphy, Life (Dublin, 1801)
- Davies, Life (London, 1780)
- Parsons, Garrick and his Circle (Boston, 1907)
[edit] =Effect on British Pronunciation?
Linguist Mario Pei (The Story of Language, 1949, Lippincott, ISBN 0397004001) says that the "broad" a sound (in words like "bath" and "can't") was said to have originated in a stage affectation introduced by David Garrick. Does anyone else know anything about this? Kostaki mou (talk) 03:59, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
