David Garrick Virtue and Morality" (Edinburgh 1797). At the age of 19, Garrick, who had been educated at Lichfield Grammar School, enrolled in Samuel Johnson's Edial Hall School. Garrick showed an enthusiasm for the theatre very early on and he appeared in a school production around this time in the role of Sergeant Kite in George Farquhar's "The Recruiting Officer". After Johnson's school was closed, he and Garrick, now friends, travelled to London together to seek their fortunes. Upon his arrival in 1737, Garrick and his brother became partners in a wine business with operations in both London and Lichfield with David
Jason Watkins (actor) for a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 2001 (2000 season) for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in "A Servant For Two Masters" (Young Vic, subsequently transferred to New Ambassadors Theatre). Other theatre work includes "Rafts and Dreams" at the Royal Court Theatre, "Philistines" and "Landscape with Weapon" (by Joe Penhall) at the National Theatre, London (2007) and "A Laughing Matter" (by April De Angelis) at the Liverpool Playhouse in 2003 (for which he was hailed as "magnificent" for his portrayal of the actor David Garrick). In 2018 he gave what some claimed was "the performance of his career" when