David Garrick David Garrick David Garrick (19 February 1717 – 20 January 1779) was an English actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer who influenced nearly all aspects of theatrical practice throughout the 18th century, and was a pupil and friend of Dr Samuel Johnson. He appeared in a number of amateur theatricals, and with his appearance in the title role of Shakespeare's "Richard III", audiences and managers began to take notice. Impressed by his portrayals of Richard III and a number of other roles, Charles Fleetwood engaged Garrick for a season at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. He remained with the Drury
Yvonne Garrick "La Sacrifiee", all at New York's Theatre Francais in the spring of 1916. In 1919, she starred in "Frou Frou" in Montréal, and in "Le Gendre de M. Poirier" at the Theatre du Vieux Columbier; and she was in a company at the Lenox Little Theater. In 1920, Garrick toured the United States in three short plays, opposite Belgian actor Carlo Liten; she also appeared in "Musk" on Broadway that year. In 1921 she gave a recitation at a reception for French ambassador Jean Jules Jusserand given by the Cercle Rochambeau in New York. In January 1916, Garrick was part