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Life Of Mr. Garrick.
LIFE OF MR . GARRICK .
[ CONCLUDED FIIOM OUR LAST . ] "IPHIS season was the last in which Mr . Garrick could be said to have ¦ * - acted in the regular course of his profession . From this time he declined performing any new characters ; and , by the advice of his physician , he determined to give himself some relaxation from care and fatigue . He therefore made the arrangements necessary for
carrying on the entertainments during his absence ; and on the rjfh of September , 17 6 3 , he left London , to make the tour of France and Italy . To supply his place , he engaged Mr . Powell , whose success was equal to the abilities he possessed . The interval from this period , until April 1765 , Mr . Garrick employed in travelling through the principal parts of Europe ; and was
, at every place where he resided , received in the most honourable manner . While he sta 3 ed at Paris , he amused himself with reading Fontaine ' s Fables , which pleased him so much , that he was induced to attempt an imitation of them . He consequently wrote one , called The Sick Monkey , which he transmittted over to a friend , to be ready for publication immediately on his arrival . It accordingly made its
appearance in two or three days after , with the following motto ' Thursday afternoon David Garrick , Esq . arrived at his house in Southampton-street , Covent Garden . Public Advertiser , April 37 , 176 $ . ' And he had the pleasure of hearing the sentiments of his friends upon it ; many of whom mistook it for a satire upon him , and
accordingly expressed themselves in very warm terms on the occasion . On his arrival he resumed the management of the Theatre , and introduced some improvements which had been suggested by his observations on the conduct of the foreign stages . He produced the next season several new pieces , and in the beginning of 17 66 , the comedy of The Clandestine Marriage , written in concert with Mr .
Colman . He also , at the request cf his Majesty , appeared again on the stage . In that year died Mr . Quin and Mr . Cibber . Their deaths were pathetically taken notice of in the prologue to the Clandestine Marriage ; and for the former Mr . Garrick wrote an epitaph , which was placed over his tomb in the cathedral church of Bath . The year 176 9 was remarkable for the celebration of a jubilee at Stratford the 6 th 7 thand & th ol in honour
upon Avon , , , September , of Shakespear ; a ceremony which much engaged the public attention , although it was treated by some as a subject worthy only of ridicule . The circumstance which gave rise to it happened some time before , and was as follows : A clergyman , into whose possession the house once belonging to our great poet had come , found that a mulberry tree , which grew in the garden , and which had been planted according to tradition by -Shakespear himself , overshadowed too VOL . ix , 3 »
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Life Of Mr. Garrick.
LIFE OF MR . GARRICK .
[ CONCLUDED FIIOM OUR LAST . ] "IPHIS season was the last in which Mr . Garrick could be said to have ¦ * - acted in the regular course of his profession . From this time he declined performing any new characters ; and , by the advice of his physician , he determined to give himself some relaxation from care and fatigue . He therefore made the arrangements necessary for
carrying on the entertainments during his absence ; and on the rjfh of September , 17 6 3 , he left London , to make the tour of France and Italy . To supply his place , he engaged Mr . Powell , whose success was equal to the abilities he possessed . The interval from this period , until April 1765 , Mr . Garrick employed in travelling through the principal parts of Europe ; and was
, at every place where he resided , received in the most honourable manner . While he sta 3 ed at Paris , he amused himself with reading Fontaine ' s Fables , which pleased him so much , that he was induced to attempt an imitation of them . He consequently wrote one , called The Sick Monkey , which he transmittted over to a friend , to be ready for publication immediately on his arrival . It accordingly made its
appearance in two or three days after , with the following motto ' Thursday afternoon David Garrick , Esq . arrived at his house in Southampton-street , Covent Garden . Public Advertiser , April 37 , 176 $ . ' And he had the pleasure of hearing the sentiments of his friends upon it ; many of whom mistook it for a satire upon him , and
accordingly expressed themselves in very warm terms on the occasion . On his arrival he resumed the management of the Theatre , and introduced some improvements which had been suggested by his observations on the conduct of the foreign stages . He produced the next season several new pieces , and in the beginning of 17 66 , the comedy of The Clandestine Marriage , written in concert with Mr .
Colman . He also , at the request cf his Majesty , appeared again on the stage . In that year died Mr . Quin and Mr . Cibber . Their deaths were pathetically taken notice of in the prologue to the Clandestine Marriage ; and for the former Mr . Garrick wrote an epitaph , which was placed over his tomb in the cathedral church of Bath . The year 176 9 was remarkable for the celebration of a jubilee at Stratford the 6 th 7 thand & th ol in honour
upon Avon , , , September , of Shakespear ; a ceremony which much engaged the public attention , although it was treated by some as a subject worthy only of ridicule . The circumstance which gave rise to it happened some time before , and was as follows : A clergyman , into whose possession the house once belonging to our great poet had come , found that a mulberry tree , which grew in the garden , and which had been planted according to tradition by -Shakespear himself , overshadowed too VOL . ix , 3 »