The
Poetical
Works of David Garrick, Esq.
Cambridge History of English Literature - 1908 - v10
An Interlude.
(Drury lane.
)
(Anon. ) 2nd edn.
1766 (with George Colman, the elder). The Clandestine Marriage. C.
(Drury lane. )
1766. Neck or Nothing. F. in two acts. (Drury lane. ) (Anon. )
1767. Cymon. A Dramatic Romance. (Drury lane. ) (Anon. )
This piece was later altered, under the title:
1792. Cymon. A Dramatic Romance. Written originally by David
Garrick, Esq. and first performed as an Opera . . . Dec. 31, 1791.
1767. A Peep Behind the Curtain; or, The New Rehearsal. (Drury lane. )
(Anon. )
1772. The Irish Widow. In two acts. (Drury lane. ) (Anon. )
1774. A New Dramatic Entertainment, called A Christmas Tale. In five
parts. (Drury lane. ) (Anon. )
1775. Bon Ton; or, High Life above Stairs. C. in two acts. (Drury lane. )
(Anon. )
1775. May-day: or, The Little Gipsy. A Musical F. of one act. To which
is added the Theatrical Candidates. A Musical Prelude. Both: (Drury
lane. ) (Anon. )
1768. Dramatic Works; now first collected. In three volumes. Carefully
corrected.
1774. [Another edn. ] 2 vols.
1798. Dramatic Works. To which is prefixed a Life of the Author. 3 vols.
[Vol. 111 includes High Life Below Stairs, by Townley, James. ]
B. Dramatic Adaptations
1750. Romeo and Juliet. By Shakespear. With Alterations, and an
additional Scene. (Drury lane. ) (Anon. ) 1753 edn reads: ‘By D.
Garrick. '
1752. Every Man in his Humour. C. Written by Ben Jonson. With
Alterations and Additions. (Drury lane. ) (Anon. )
1755. The Fairies. 0. Taken from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Written
by Shakespear. (Drury lane. ) (Anon. ) The Songs from Shakespeare,
by Milton,,Waller, Dryden, Lansdown, Hammond, &c. Music by Smith,
John Christopher.
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1756. The Tempest. 0. Taken from Shakespear. (Drury lane. ) (Anon. )
The Songs from Shakespear, Dryden, &c. Music by Smith, John
Christopher.
1756. Catherine and Petruchio. C. in three acts. (Drury lane. ) Alter'd
from Shakespear's Taming of the Shrew. (Anon. )
1757. Isabella: or, The Fatal Marriage. A Play. Alter'd from Southern.
(Drury lane. ) (Anon. )
1758. Florizel and Perdita. A Dramatic Pastoral, in three acts. Alterd
from The Winter's Tale of Shakespear. (Drury lane. )
1758. Antony and Cleopatra; an historical Play, written by William Shake-
speare: fitted for the Stage by abridging only; and now acted. (Drury
lane. ) [Adapted by Edward Capell and Garrick. ]
1758. The Gamesters. C. Alterd from Shirley. (Drury lane. ) (Anon. )
1763. A Midsummer Night's Dream. Written by Shakespeare: With
Alterations and Additions, and Several New Songs. (Drury lane. )
(Anon. )
1765. Mahomet the Imposter. T. (Originally, 1744, by James Miller and
(? ) John Hoadly. ) (Drury lane. ) (Anon. )
(1766. 4th edn. With new Improvements. ]
1766. The Country Girl. C. (Altered from Wycherley. ) (Drury lane. )
(Anon. )
1770. King Arthur: or, The British Worthy. A Masque. By Mr Dryden.
(Drury lane. ) (Anon. ) Music by Purcell and Arne. . . . [According
. )
to Advertisement, there were in this "some slight Alterations made, for
the greater Convenience of Representation. ']
1771. The Songs, Choruses, and Serious Dialogue of the Masque called The
Institution of the Garter, or, Arthur's Round Table restored. (Anon. )
[Altered from Gilbert West's unacted piece, The Institution of the
Order of the Garter, 1742. ]
1773. The Chances. C. [By Beaumont and Fletcher. ] With Alterations.
(Anon. )
1773. Albumazar. C. As it is now revived at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-
Lane. With Alterations (from Thomas Tomkis, by D. G. ).
1773. Alfred : a Masque. [By Thomson and Mallet). As it is now revived
at the Theatre-Royal, in Drury-Lane, by His Majesty's Servants. (Anon. )
[With some few alterations, and with some New Music. ']
1784. Cymbeline. T. Altered from Shakespeare, by David Garrick.
Marked with the Variations in the Manager's Book at the Theatre-
Royal in Drury-Lane. (Biog. Dram. cites an edn of 1761. ]
C. Other Works
1769. An Ode upon Dedicating a Building, and Erecting a Statue, to Shake-
speare, at Stratford upon Avon. By D. G.
1785.
The Poetical Works of David Garrick, Esq. Now first collected into
two volumes. With explanatory notes.
1831-2. The Private Correspondence of David Garrick with the most
celebrated persons of his time . . . illustrated with notes. And a new
biographical memoir of Garrick. 2 vols.
1907. Some Unpublished Correspondence of David Garrick, edited by George
Pierce Baker. Boston, U. S. A.
D. Biography and Criticism
Davies, Thomas. Memoirs of the Life of David Garrick, Esq. 2 vols. 1780.
Fitzgerald, Percy. The Life of David Garrick. 2 vols. 1868. Revised
edn, 1899.
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E. L. X.
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Bibliography
Gaehde, Christian. David Garrick als Shakespeare-Darsteller und seine
Bedeutung für die heutige Schauspielkunst. Berlin, 1904.
Hedgcock, F. A. David Garrick et ses Amis Français. Paris, 1911.
Hedgcock, F. A. A Cosmopolitan Actor. ' David Garrick and his
French Friends. [A very free rendering and adaptation of the
above, with bibliography, pp. 430-6. ] [1912. ]
Knight, Joseph. David Garrick. 1894.
Murphy, Arthur. The Life of David Garrick, Esq. 2 vols. 1801.
Parsons, Mrs Clement. Garrick and His Circle. (With bibliography,
pp. xvii-xx. ) New York and London, 1906.
John Gay
See bibliography to vol. ix, chap. vi, ante.
Richard Glover
A. Plays
1753. Boadicia (later edns, ‘Boadicea'). T. (Drury lane. )
1761. Medea. T.
B. Other Works
1737. Leonidas, a poem. [Numerous edns, 1737-1810. ]
1813. Memoirs of a celebrated Literary and Political Character (viz. Richard
Glover] from . . . 1742 to. . . 1757 etc. New edn, 1814.
See also bibliography to chap. VII, post.
Hall Hartson (d. 1773)
1767. The Countess of Salisbury. T. (Haymarket. ) 2nd edn.
Aaron Hill
A. Plays
[1710. ] Elfrid: or, The Fair Inconstant. T. (Drury lane. ) To which
is Added the Walking Statue: or, The Devil in the Wine-Cellar. F.
1711. Rinaldo. 0. (Haymarket. )
1716. The Fatal Vision: or, The Fall of Siam. T. (Lincoln's inn fields. )
([1721? ] The Fatal Extravagance. T. (Lincoln's inn fields. ) Written by
Mr Joseph Mitchell (or, rather, (? ) by Aaron Hill, in whose Dramatic
Works, edn 1760, it is included). 4th edn, impror'd into five acts. . . . By
Joseph Mitchell, 1726.
1723. King Henry the Fifth: or, The Conquest of France, by the English.
T. (Drury lane. )
1731. Athelwold. T. (Drury lane. ) [A revision of Hill's Elfrid. ]
1753. The Roman Revenge. T.
1758. The Insolvent: or, Filial Piety. T. (Haymarket. ). . . Written by the
Late Aaron Hill, Esq.
For Hill's adaptations of Voltaire, viz. 1736, Zara; 1736, Alzira; 1749,
Merope, see under English Adaptations of Voltaire, post.
1760. The Dramatic Works of Aaron Hill, Esq. 2 vols. [This includes
some brief unacted pieces. ]
See also bibliography to vol. ix, chap. vi, ante.
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3
B. Other Works
1731. Advice to the Poets. A Poem.
1743. The Fanciad. An Heroic Poem. In six cantos. (Anon. )
1753. Works; in 4 vols. Consisting of Letters on Various Subjects, and of
Original Poems, Moral and Facetious. With an Essay on the Art of
Acting.
Benjamin Hoadly (1706-1757)
1747. The Suspicious Husband. 0. (Covent garden. )
John Home
1757. Douglas. T. (Covent garden. ) (Anon. )
1758. Agis, T. (Drury lane. ) (Anon. )
1760. The Siege of Aquileia. T. (Drury lane. ) (Anon. )
1769. The Fatal Discovery. T. (Drury lane. ) (Anon. )
1773. Alonzo. T. In five acts. (Drury lane. ) (Anon. )
1778. Alfred, T. (Covent garden. ) (Anon. )
1760. Dramatic Works. (Contains only Douglas, Agis, The Siege of
Aquileia. ]
1798. Dramatic Works. 2 vols. Edinburgh.
1822. Works, now first collected (with Henry Mackenzie's Account of the
Life and Writings of John Home). 3 vols. Edinburgh.
(Anon. ) 2nd edn.
1766 (with George Colman, the elder). The Clandestine Marriage. C.
(Drury lane. )
1766. Neck or Nothing. F. in two acts. (Drury lane. ) (Anon. )
1767. Cymon. A Dramatic Romance. (Drury lane. ) (Anon. )
This piece was later altered, under the title:
1792. Cymon. A Dramatic Romance. Written originally by David
Garrick, Esq. and first performed as an Opera . . . Dec. 31, 1791.
1767. A Peep Behind the Curtain; or, The New Rehearsal. (Drury lane. )
(Anon. )
1772. The Irish Widow. In two acts. (Drury lane. ) (Anon. )
1774. A New Dramatic Entertainment, called A Christmas Tale. In five
parts. (Drury lane. ) (Anon. )
1775. Bon Ton; or, High Life above Stairs. C. in two acts. (Drury lane. )
(Anon. )
1775. May-day: or, The Little Gipsy. A Musical F. of one act. To which
is added the Theatrical Candidates. A Musical Prelude. Both: (Drury
lane. ) (Anon. )
1768. Dramatic Works; now first collected. In three volumes. Carefully
corrected.
1774. [Another edn. ] 2 vols.
1798. Dramatic Works. To which is prefixed a Life of the Author. 3 vols.
[Vol. 111 includes High Life Below Stairs, by Townley, James. ]
B. Dramatic Adaptations
1750. Romeo and Juliet. By Shakespear. With Alterations, and an
additional Scene. (Drury lane. ) (Anon. ) 1753 edn reads: ‘By D.
Garrick. '
1752. Every Man in his Humour. C. Written by Ben Jonson. With
Alterations and Additions. (Drury lane. ) (Anon. )
1755. The Fairies. 0. Taken from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Written
by Shakespear. (Drury lane. ) (Anon. ) The Songs from Shakespeare,
by Milton,,Waller, Dryden, Lansdown, Hammond, &c. Music by Smith,
John Christopher.
## p. 433 (#459) ############################################
Chapter IV
433
1756. The Tempest. 0. Taken from Shakespear. (Drury lane. ) (Anon. )
The Songs from Shakespear, Dryden, &c. Music by Smith, John
Christopher.
1756. Catherine and Petruchio. C. in three acts. (Drury lane. ) Alter'd
from Shakespear's Taming of the Shrew. (Anon. )
1757. Isabella: or, The Fatal Marriage. A Play. Alter'd from Southern.
(Drury lane. ) (Anon. )
1758. Florizel and Perdita. A Dramatic Pastoral, in three acts. Alterd
from The Winter's Tale of Shakespear. (Drury lane. )
1758. Antony and Cleopatra; an historical Play, written by William Shake-
speare: fitted for the Stage by abridging only; and now acted. (Drury
lane. ) [Adapted by Edward Capell and Garrick. ]
1758. The Gamesters. C. Alterd from Shirley. (Drury lane. ) (Anon. )
1763. A Midsummer Night's Dream. Written by Shakespeare: With
Alterations and Additions, and Several New Songs. (Drury lane. )
(Anon. )
1765. Mahomet the Imposter. T. (Originally, 1744, by James Miller and
(? ) John Hoadly. ) (Drury lane. ) (Anon. )
(1766. 4th edn. With new Improvements. ]
1766. The Country Girl. C. (Altered from Wycherley. ) (Drury lane. )
(Anon. )
1770. King Arthur: or, The British Worthy. A Masque. By Mr Dryden.
(Drury lane. ) (Anon. ) Music by Purcell and Arne. . . . [According
. )
to Advertisement, there were in this "some slight Alterations made, for
the greater Convenience of Representation. ']
1771. The Songs, Choruses, and Serious Dialogue of the Masque called The
Institution of the Garter, or, Arthur's Round Table restored. (Anon. )
[Altered from Gilbert West's unacted piece, The Institution of the
Order of the Garter, 1742. ]
1773. The Chances. C. [By Beaumont and Fletcher. ] With Alterations.
(Anon. )
1773. Albumazar. C. As it is now revived at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-
Lane. With Alterations (from Thomas Tomkis, by D. G. ).
1773. Alfred : a Masque. [By Thomson and Mallet). As it is now revived
at the Theatre-Royal, in Drury-Lane, by His Majesty's Servants. (Anon. )
[With some few alterations, and with some New Music. ']
1784. Cymbeline. T. Altered from Shakespeare, by David Garrick.
Marked with the Variations in the Manager's Book at the Theatre-
Royal in Drury-Lane. (Biog. Dram. cites an edn of 1761. ]
C. Other Works
1769. An Ode upon Dedicating a Building, and Erecting a Statue, to Shake-
speare, at Stratford upon Avon. By D. G.
1785.
The Poetical Works of David Garrick, Esq. Now first collected into
two volumes. With explanatory notes.
1831-2. The Private Correspondence of David Garrick with the most
celebrated persons of his time . . . illustrated with notes. And a new
biographical memoir of Garrick. 2 vols.
1907. Some Unpublished Correspondence of David Garrick, edited by George
Pierce Baker. Boston, U. S. A.
D. Biography and Criticism
Davies, Thomas. Memoirs of the Life of David Garrick, Esq. 2 vols. 1780.
Fitzgerald, Percy. The Life of David Garrick. 2 vols. 1868. Revised
edn, 1899.
28
E. L. X.
## p. 434 (#460) ############################################
434
Bibliography
Gaehde, Christian. David Garrick als Shakespeare-Darsteller und seine
Bedeutung für die heutige Schauspielkunst. Berlin, 1904.
Hedgcock, F. A. David Garrick et ses Amis Français. Paris, 1911.
Hedgcock, F. A. A Cosmopolitan Actor. ' David Garrick and his
French Friends. [A very free rendering and adaptation of the
above, with bibliography, pp. 430-6. ] [1912. ]
Knight, Joseph. David Garrick. 1894.
Murphy, Arthur. The Life of David Garrick, Esq. 2 vols. 1801.
Parsons, Mrs Clement. Garrick and His Circle. (With bibliography,
pp. xvii-xx. ) New York and London, 1906.
John Gay
See bibliography to vol. ix, chap. vi, ante.
Richard Glover
A. Plays
1753. Boadicia (later edns, ‘Boadicea'). T. (Drury lane. )
1761. Medea. T.
B. Other Works
1737. Leonidas, a poem. [Numerous edns, 1737-1810. ]
1813. Memoirs of a celebrated Literary and Political Character (viz. Richard
Glover] from . . . 1742 to. . . 1757 etc. New edn, 1814.
See also bibliography to chap. VII, post.
Hall Hartson (d. 1773)
1767. The Countess of Salisbury. T. (Haymarket. ) 2nd edn.
Aaron Hill
A. Plays
[1710. ] Elfrid: or, The Fair Inconstant. T. (Drury lane. ) To which
is Added the Walking Statue: or, The Devil in the Wine-Cellar. F.
1711. Rinaldo. 0. (Haymarket. )
1716. The Fatal Vision: or, The Fall of Siam. T. (Lincoln's inn fields. )
([1721? ] The Fatal Extravagance. T. (Lincoln's inn fields. ) Written by
Mr Joseph Mitchell (or, rather, (? ) by Aaron Hill, in whose Dramatic
Works, edn 1760, it is included). 4th edn, impror'd into five acts. . . . By
Joseph Mitchell, 1726.
1723. King Henry the Fifth: or, The Conquest of France, by the English.
T. (Drury lane. )
1731. Athelwold. T. (Drury lane. ) [A revision of Hill's Elfrid. ]
1753. The Roman Revenge. T.
1758. The Insolvent: or, Filial Piety. T. (Haymarket. ). . . Written by the
Late Aaron Hill, Esq.
For Hill's adaptations of Voltaire, viz. 1736, Zara; 1736, Alzira; 1749,
Merope, see under English Adaptations of Voltaire, post.
1760. The Dramatic Works of Aaron Hill, Esq. 2 vols. [This includes
some brief unacted pieces. ]
See also bibliography to vol. ix, chap. vi, ante.
## p. 435 (#461) ############################################
Chapter IV
435
3
B. Other Works
1731. Advice to the Poets. A Poem.
1743. The Fanciad. An Heroic Poem. In six cantos. (Anon. )
1753. Works; in 4 vols. Consisting of Letters on Various Subjects, and of
Original Poems, Moral and Facetious. With an Essay on the Art of
Acting.
Benjamin Hoadly (1706-1757)
1747. The Suspicious Husband. 0. (Covent garden. )
John Home
1757. Douglas. T. (Covent garden. ) (Anon. )
1758. Agis, T. (Drury lane. ) (Anon. )
1760. The Siege of Aquileia. T. (Drury lane. ) (Anon. )
1769. The Fatal Discovery. T. (Drury lane. ) (Anon. )
1773. Alonzo. T. In five acts. (Drury lane. ) (Anon. )
1778. Alfred, T. (Covent garden. ) (Anon. )
1760. Dramatic Works. (Contains only Douglas, Agis, The Siege of
Aquileia. ]
1798. Dramatic Works. 2 vols. Edinburgh.
1822. Works, now first collected (with Henry Mackenzie's Account of the
Life and Writings of John Home). 3 vols. Edinburgh.
