Cellar
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Cellar, space under the stage which housed the machinery necessary for
traps, scene-changing, and special effects. In British theatres the
grooves, which allowed tall framed pieces of scenery to be slid to the sides of the stage for a scene-change, meant that the cellar could be shallow. It consisted usually of a room below the stage floor, where most of the machines were housed, with a well in the central part into which the traps and
bridges descended, at the bottom of which were the
drum-and-shaft systems which worked them. In Continental theatres the cellar (or
dessous) often descended four or five storeys.
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David Garrick, William Woodfall, and a new source for the life of John Cunningham (1729-1773).
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David Mallet and David Garrick.
Magazine article from: ANQ; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words
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Books: Theatre star was a wash-out at Stratford; Garrick. By Ian McIntyre (Penguin Press: pounds 25). Reviewed by Richard Edmonds.
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 10/30/1999; ; 700+ words
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Books: Man from Lichfield who was the storm; David Garrick. By Jean Benedetti (Methuen, pounds 20).(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 1/26/2002; 700+ words
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Down and out in Hollywood.(life of gay priest, Father David Garrick)
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 1/12/2001; ; 700+ words
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Adm. Robert Garrick, R.I.P.
Magazine article from: Human Events; 3/8/2004; ; 614 words
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New Garrick letters.(David Garrick)
Magazine article from: Theatre Notebook; 6/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...the comprehensive edition of the Letters of David Garrick contains only one from Garrick to Sir Robert Wilmot (c. 1709-72; from 1761...Matlock, together with a draft from Wilmot to Garrick. (2) These three appear to be chance survivals...
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ND priest resigns over policy on gays.(Holy Cross Father David Garrick resigns from the University of Notre Dame)
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 4/10/1998; ; 700+ words
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David Garrick Pioneers Linux Frontier.(Company Business and Marketing)
Magazine article from: Accounting Technology; 10/1/1999; ; 700+ words
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Garrick, David
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
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David Garrick
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Jupiter, which was rejected by both David Garrick and Samuel Foote. Courtship and...In June 1776 Sheridan purchased Garrick's share of the Drury Lane Theater...prospered, and 2 years after purchasing Garrick's interest he was able (with...
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Hasluck, Nicholas (Paul)
Book article from: Contemporary Novelists
...Burgess and the moral hero of the story, David Shears, who loses his life through the...recognisably Sydney). As a speculator, Dyson Garrick attempts to promote the inventor Herman...exploitation, and this conflict leads to Garrick's own moral disintegration as he finally...
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Samuel Johnson
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...school. He had only three pupils, one of them being David Garrick— eventually to become the greatest actor...lifeless tragedy in blank verse Irene; it was produced by Garrick and earned Johnson £300. In the early 1750s...
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