P4+GL+2014+David+Garrick


 * Sean Farrell **
 * David Garrick **
 * Historical: **
 * David Garrick was born in England in 1717. His career involved writing plays, managing the theater, producing, and writing poems. He appeared in one of Shakespeares plays called Richard III. David Garrick got into the acting career very suddenly. This shown in one article that states, “Garrick entered the acting profession anonymously, in a mask. In March 1741, upon the illness of the actor billed to take the part, he dashed onto the stage as Harlequin at a small, unlicensed theatre in Goodman’s Fields” (Britannica). Audiences approved of Garricks style and enjoyed when he performed. As a stage manager he demanded that production was efficient and had consistency. In one quote it states, “Garrick sought reform in production matters, bringing an overarching consistency to productions that included set design, costumes and even special effects” (Wikipedia). With this demand for perfection for play to be perfect, this could of lead to the greatness of Shakespeare’s plays. Whatever his affect was one Shakespeare, it seems likely that in some way he influenced how Shakespeare conducted his performances. **


 * Audience- **
 * 1. [[image:https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/hskiOjUTCQ6l3YqHE_U1FQm-LCAdY2LueXxUDQeuuIEk86CiL2f1NQuvHaJFYH8Th92Og-aYsUC4lPZk7Y76YG9U-vXnraChe2G69Q80gRm4pW5isvtmLE1eFQatQg]]**
 * 2. David Garrick **
 * 3. Angel Ramirez **
 * 4.David Garrick had many professions, such as acting, playwriting, producing, he wrote poems, and he was a theater manager. His audience was the people that saw his plays and/or who read his poems. Everytime he acted he promised a good performance and most people really liked his acting. According to The Guardian, “ He played a part in an Enlightenment discovery of a "natural" self - his acting was natural, and so was the sociable offstage persona he projected.” At first when he started acting he used a mask so no one knew who he was until he had to cover for someone that got sick. His audience fell in love with his acting just after one night, and it is said that they thought he was too good to ever have an rival. Also according to the Encyclopedia Britannica, “ The instant success of a young, unknown actor in a major tragic Shakespearean part remains one of the romances of theatrical history.” The audience always got a great performance from David Garrick, and they always enjoyed watching his performances. **


 * Izzy: Culture **
 * David Garrick was an English actor, playwright, producer, and theatre manager since his early age. David was extremely interested in plays and the theatre and became writing his own plays after college. His colleague states, “threw a new light on elocution and action; he banished ranting, bombast and grimace; and restored nature, ease, simplicity, and genuine humour.” It is said that women shrieked and fainted because of his portrayal of a terrible villain. Carriages created a traffic gridlock as they made their way in droves to the little theater in London’s East End. Within months he was hailed by William Pitt as “ye best Actor ye English Stage had produced”. He was extremely successful and well in writing plays that showed an exciting and revolutionary style of acting . Garrick affected the theatre with significant changes and was known for his artistic acting and exciting plays which inspired many people in Europe (Folger). Garrick was very religious and descended from a French Protestant family. An excerpt states, “Garrick's French descent and his education may have contributed to give him the vivacity and versatility which distinguished him as an actor…”.His religious background helped him become loyal to his acting and continue pursuing his dream of acting and playwriting (TheatreHistory). With this continuing success in playwriting and acting, Garrick was inspired to continue to playwright and act until 1966 yet continued to be a producer for other plays and a theatre manager. **


 * 1. [[image:https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/TPKOQEhgppizl12L2aZc6sLE7tZGDCS2uVxS0pA2UEGSW8W62XDREBU6tq9foNP4QVZsnoAmCZmrUz94o-a5J2-wUtG6riGR-GExavisHo9-0dKyQYJsMo5Vlmu5Zw width="257" height="326"]]**
 * 2. David Garrick **
 * 3. Andrew Downard **
 * 4. David Garrick was an English actor, theater manager, producer, and playwright in the 18th century. Though he was an actor from a very young age he was noticed in his portrayal of Shakespeare’s Richard III. Among the audience was one, “Macklin, whose performance of Shylock, early in the same year, had pointed the way along which Garrick was so rapidly to pass in triumph” (Caruthers “David Garrick”). The next day Garrick opted to withdraw from a partnership he was in. However this only meant the beginning of his career. Garrick would keep gaining respect on the stage until eventually he was made a manager of his own theater, Drury Lane. Throughout his plays Garrick, “substituted rapid changes of passion and humour” (Caruthers “David Garrick”) that engaged the audience, whether he wrote it or was acting in it. He was also interested in the best path for the theater as the manager so he quickly introduced the popular Shakespeare plays, some with a little addition of his own. Many who saw him described him as transforming once he was on the stage to fit the role perfectly. **


 * Sources for all- **
 * The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. "David Garrick (English Actor, Poet, and Producer)." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, n.d. Web. 27 Mar. 2014. **
 * Jones, Jonathan. "David Garrick in Italy, Thomas Patch (1763)." The Guardian. Guardian News and Media, 01 Nov. 2003. Web. 27 Mar. 2014. **
 * The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. "David Garrick (English Actor, Poet, and Producer)." **
 * Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, n.d. Web. 27 Mar. 2014. **


 * "David Garrick." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 24 Mar. 2014. Web. 27 Mar. 2014. **


 * Burnim, Kalman A. ""A Brief Introduction to David Garrick"" -Folger Shakespeare Library. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Mar. 2014. **


 * Caruthers, Robert, and Adolphus W. Ward. "David Garrick." David Garrick. N.p., 2002. Web. 27 Mar. 2014. **