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David Garrick with his right armed raised and left hand on his breast delivering his ode to Shakespeare. He is standing in the front right of the statue of Shakespeare by Roubiliac. For further information, please see the V&A.

Oil painting of a 1763 performance of a climactic scene of John Vanbrugh's comedy The Provok'd Wife. Sir John Brute (David Garrick) wearingelaborate female attire--a pink bonnet and yellow embroidered hooped skirt--defies seven night watchmen who…

Portrait of Garrick and his wife. Garrick sits facing the audience in a blue and gold. Leaning on his right hand, he holds a quill, he holds his left out outstretched. Behind him, standing is his wife in a gold gown preparing to pluck the quill from…

Glynne Wickham's description of Salisbury Court, a late seventeenth-century playhouse.

Image Description: This detailed view depicts two key Bankside (i.e., south of the Thames) entertainment options for Elizabethan audiences: the Rose Theatre (which is actually mislabeled on Visscher's original as the Globe) and Bear-baiting Arena.…

Image Description: This detailed view depicts two key Bankside (i.e., located along the south bank of the Thames River) entertainment options for Elizabethan audiences: the second Globe Theater and the nearby Bear-baiting Arena. Across the Thames…

Engraving of the south side of Dorset Garden Theatre

A view of the interior of the theater at Drury Lane showing actors on stage and audience members in the box and orchestra seats.

A view of the interior of the (empty) theater at Drury Lane showing the stage and box and orchestra seats.