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Tag Archives: David Garrick
Shakespeare’s Come Home – the story completed
On Friday 22 April 2022 the project to restore the 1769 statue of Shakespeare to the Town Hall was finally completed. I wrote recently about the process of conservation and placing the statue back in place. The money to carry … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged Birthday Celebrations, Dame Judi Dench, David Garrick, Pragnell's, Rev Dr Paul Edmondson, Shakespeare's Coming Home!, Sir Kenneth Branagh, The Shakespeare Club, Town Hall
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Restoring John Cheere’s Shakespeare statue
Stratford-upon-Avon’s Town Hall is one of the most important of the town’s buildings, associated with Shakespeare through its dedication at the time of the Garrick Jubilee in 1769. This summer its familiar stone frontages have been covered in scaffolding as … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged David Bridgwater, David Garrick, John Cheere, Leicester Square, Pat Bojczuk, Peter Scheemakers, Samuel Whitbread, Stowe, Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Town Hall, Westminster Abbey, William Kent
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Charles Dibdin and the music for Garrick’s Jubilee
Early in the morning of 6 September 1769 the Shakespeare Jubilee began with cannon fire, bell-ringing and, charmingly, a group of musicians walking the streets of Stratford-upon-Avon singing The Morning Address, with words by David Garrick and music by Charles … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged Charles Dibdin, David Chandler, David Garrick, Retrospect Opera, Roderick williams, The Jubilee, The Last Night of the Proms, The Warwickshire Lad, Thomas Arne, Tom Bowling
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David Garrick’s Apotheosis today
The 250th anniversary of the Garrick Jubilee has been celebrated in a number of ways in Stratford-upon-Avon during September 2019. Church bells have been rung, Morris dancers have performed, talks and exhibitions have been put on. There’s also a more … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare on Stage, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged classical, David Garrick, Garrick Jubilee, George Carter, Mount Parnassus, painting, Royal Shakespeare Company, RSC Collection, The Apotheosis of Garrick, Thomas King
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Remembering Garrick’s Jubilee in Stratford-upon-Avon
Imagine the scene in Stratford-upon-Avon on Saturday 9 September 1769, the morning after the night before, indeed after the three days of David Garrick’s Jubilee. There was an undignified rush to leave the town, but there weren’t enough carriages. A … Continue reading
David Garrick’s Jubilee Ode, 1769
Today, 7 September 2019, is the 250th anniversary of the highlight of David Garrick’s Shakespeare Jubilee. In the specially-built amphitheatre Garrick delivered his Ode, a long piece of verse consisting of spoken sections interspersed with airs delivered by some of … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged David Garrick, Jubilee, Ode, Robert Bell Wheler, Shakespeare Jubilee
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“This is the day!” Garrick’s Jubilee at 250
250 years ago today, on Weds 6 September 1769, David Garrick’s Shakespeare Jubilee began in Stratford-upon-Avon, the first Festival celebrating Shakespeare in the world. Even before it started there were many critics of the whole idea who were ready to … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged Arne, David Garrick, Dibdin, Jubilee, music, Warwickshire Lad
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Hamlets onstage then and now
This week David Ricardo-Pearce has joined the mighty list of actors who have taken on Shakespeare’s most famous part, Hamlet. Until 10 March 2018 he’s playing the role at the Octagon Theatre in Bolton where they are celebrating the fiftieth … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Plays and Poems
Tagged British Library, David Garrick, David Ricardo-Pearce, David Thacker, female Hamlet, Hamlet, In Our Time, In the Spotlight, Melvyn Bragg, Octagon Theatre Bolton, Paapa Essiedu, Theatregoing, Tony Howard
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Coventry, UK City of Culture 2021
There have been great celebrations since Coventry was been named as the 2021 UK City of Culture. It was an unexpected winner, most people’s view of the city being based on the confusing road network and its modern housing and … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy
Tagged Coventry, Coventry Cathedral, Coventry Guildhall, David Garrick, Ellen Terry, Erica Whyman, Historic Coventry Trust, Ira Aldridge, ribbon, Sarah Siddons, Sir Ian McKellen
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David Garrick at 300
Events to mark the 300th anniversary of David Garrick’s birth have been taking place all year. Born in 1717, Garrick burst onto the London stage in 1841 in the role of Richard III. The Museum of London has held an … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged British Museum, David Garrick, Dr Johnson's House, Garrick Club, King Lear, Museum of London, Nahum Tate, Nick Barber, Palimpsest, Sheila O'Connell, Vanessa Cunningham
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