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on the riverside at Hampton to house his collection of memorabilia. Hogarth collaborated with Garrick on the furnishing of this temple, and their relationship to, and self-identification with, Shakespeare has been extensively examined by
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1998:(online ed.), Oxford University Press,
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2322:International Dictionary of Theatre
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2145:The Oxford Companion to the Theatre
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2620:Male actors from Staffordshire
2189:, New York: St. Martin's Press
2154:The Cambridge Guide to Theatre
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2011:UK public library membership
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2328:, New York: St. James Press
2299:Hampton and Teddington Past
1781:Richmond Library staff 2011
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2506:Between Tragedy and Comedy
2500:Folger Shakespeare Library
2240:Eighteenth-Century Studies
2187:David Garrick: A Biography
2143:Hartnoll, Phyllis (1983),
1892:Nichols & Bentley 1812
1694:Carruthers & Ward 1911
1571:Carruthers & Ward 1911
1502:The Meeting of the Company
1373:; or, The Medley of Lovers
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1123:The lyrics he penned for "
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2570:Male actors from Hereford
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2444:Theater Arts Manuscripts:
2391:. The Edwin Mellen Press.
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2147:, Oxford University Press
2137:A History of the Theatre.
1519:The Theatrical Candidates
1469:A Peep Behind the Curtain
1260:Stockport Garrick Theatre
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1844:Ennis & Slagle 2007
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860:An easy, natural manner
838:Henry Jacques Garrigues
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2429:Works by David Garrick
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1388:The Male Coquette
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