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Garrick Médecin
Garrick Médecin is a short story written by Joseph Bouchardy, printed 1835/1836 in installments in the newspaper ''Le Monde Dramatique'' which was founded by his brother, Anatole Bouchardy. It was the basis for several plays including '' Sullivan'' (1852) and ''Le Docteur Robin'' (1842) which were respectively adapted into the English plays '' David Garrick'' (1864) and ''Doctor Davy'' (1865). In 2015, the story was translated into English as "The Acting Physician" and published in Vol. 3 No. 2 of ''Romance Magazine.'' Plot The plot concerns Doney, the Duke of Tavistock, promising a reward of twenty thousand pounds to the doctor who can cure his daughter Anna of her passion for Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's natio ... and David Garrick -- a passion so intens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Bouchardy
Joseph Bouchardy (1810–1870) was an author, playwright, engraver, and member of the Jeune France/Bouzingo and Cénacle movements. The enormous popularity of his plays earned him the nickname "The King of the Boulevard." In 1868 he was given the rank of chevalier from the Legion d'Honneur.http://www.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/chan/chan/fonds/edi/sm/sm_pdf/F70%20115-119.pdf He is the brother of Anatole Bouchardy. According to Théophile Gautier Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier ( , ; 30 August 1811 – 23 October 1872) was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and art and literary critic. While an ardent defender of Romanticism, Gautier's work is difficult to classify and rem ..., he died unhappily: "He had become a gaunt old man, broken, destroyed by grief, and by the sadness of authors who have experienced the intoxication of success, and whose popularity retires without being able to appreciate the reasons why it went away." References *http://bouzingo. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sullivan (play)
''Sullivan'' was a three-act comedy by Anne-Honoré-Joseph Duveyrier de Mélésville, based on the short story ''Garrick Médecin''. It was first played at Paris, in the Théâtre-Français, November 11, 1852. The original cast was: *Nicol Jenkins, ''a wealthy merchant'' - Mr. Provost * *Lèlia, ''his daughter'' - Ms. Favart * *Sullivan, ''a comic actor from Drury Lane Theater'' - Mr. Brindeau * *Sir Frédéric Dumple, ''nephew of Jenkins'' - Got * *Saunders, ''a broker'' - Anselme *Mistress Saunders, ''his wife'' - Mrs. Thénard *Merwyn, ''a silks merchant'' - Mr. Montet *Miss Pénélope, ''his sister'' - Ms. Joussain *Peacock, ''a lawyer'' - Mr. Mirecourt *Little-John, ''Jenkins' valet'' - Castel *Dickson, ''Sullivan's valet'' - Mathien *An Alderman *Servants Though ''Garrick Médecin'' had focused on the adventures of actor David Garrick, de Mélésville did not wish to do a historical piece, and so used the then-contemporary Shakespearean actor Barry Sullivan Barry Sulliva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Garrick (play)
''David Garrick'' is a comic play written in 1856 by Thomas William Robertson about the famous 18th-century actor and theatre manager, David Garrick. The play premiered at the Prince of Wales Theater in Birmingham, where it was successful enough to be moved to the Haymarket Theatre in London, on 30 April 1864. It was a major success for the actor Edward Askew Sothern, who played the title role, but came later to be associated with the actor Charles Wyndham. The play was designed as a star vehicle, since the principal actor has to portray David Garrick himself as an actor giving a performance. A scene from the play was painted by Edward Matthew Ward, a friend of Sothern's. The play was Robertson's first major commercial success and was frequently revived throughout the Victorian era and beyond. Several silent films were made based on ''David Garrick'', including versions in 1913 (starring Seymour Hicks and Ellaline Terriss), 1914 and 1916. A 1923 book, ''Public Speaking Today'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shakespeare
William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the " Bard of Avon" (or simply "the Bard"). His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some 39 plays, 154 sonnets, three long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. He remains arguably the most influential writer in the English language, and his works continue to be studied and reinterpreted. Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. At the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he had three children: Susanna Hall, Susanna, and twins Hamnet Shakespeare, Hamnet and Judith Quiney, Judith. Sometime between 1585 and 1592, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Garrick
David Garrick (19 February 1717 – 20 January 1779) was an English actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer who influenced nearly all aspects of European theatrical practice throughout the 18th century, and was a pupil and friend of Samuel Johnson. He appeared in a number of amateur theatricals, and with his appearance in the title role of Shakespeare's '' Richard III'', audiences and managers began to take notice. Impressed by his portrayals of Richard III and a number of other roles, Charles Fleetwood engaged Garrick for a season at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in the West End. He remained with the Drury Lane company for the next five years and purchased a share of the theatre with James Lacy. This purchase inaugurated 29 years of Garrick's management of the Drury Lane, during which time it rose to prominence as one of the leading theatres in Europe. At his death, three years after his retirement from Drury Lane and the stage, he was given a lavish public funeral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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