Second day: Garrick's speech to the Shakespeare Ladies Club
- When
- Second day of the Jubilee, inferred as 7 September 1769
- Where
- Stratford-upon-Avon, festival town
- Part of
- Shakespeare Jubilee
On the Jubilee's second day Garrick thanked the Shakespeare Ladies Club for restoring Shakespeare's popularity and for the Westminster Abbey memorial statue.
A notable event on the second day was a speech by Garrick thanking the Shakespeare Ladies Club for making Shakespeare popular again and for their contribution to the memorial statue of Shakespeare in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey. In the speech he credited the club with having "restor'd Shakespeare to the Stage," protecting his fame and erecting "a Monument to his and your own honour in Westminster Abbey." The sources date the speech only to the festival's second day, not to a specific calendar date.
Sources
- Shakespeare Jubilee Wikipedia, revision of 2026-06-23
- David Garrick Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-22
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