King David; Theatre history.('David Garrick and the Birth of Modern Theatre')(Brief Article)

The Economist (US) | December 15, 2001 | Copyright

DAVID GARRICK'S name lingers longer and stronger than almost any of his celebrated contemporaries. His exquisite bedroom furniture--by Chippendale--is to be seen in the Victoria and Albert Museum's splendid new British Galleries, a West End theatre bears his name, as do a gentlemen's club and a London street. But Jean Benedetti tells us that Garrick's real legacy is an English style of acting, so influential that he would recognise it still.

When he first played Richard III, Garrick was 24 and his revolutionary potential was clear for all to see. "Mr Garrick shone ...

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