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
David Garrick (play) going. Good-bye, mother of seventy children. MRS. SMITH. Oh! GARRICK. Good-bye, Cold Muffins. SMITH. Cold Muffins! GARRICK. Farewell! (pathetically.) Farewell, and treasure deep that which I love the most yet leave behind. Farewell! SMITH (follows GARRICK up C.) Jones, kick him out. GARRICK (turns fiercely and SMITH runs down L. C., front). Kick! According to several sources, Robertson originally fashioned the story as a novel, "David Garrick: A Love Story", which was first printed in 1864 as a serial in the magazine "The Young Englishwoman". However, in the 1865 printing in book form, Robertson says in his preface that it