Shakespeare Ladies Club

Events

1

Episodes

3

Years

1769

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Shakespeare Ladies Club, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

1. Shakespeare Jubilee

   1769

   Role: Honoured by Garrick for restoring Shakespeare to the stage and contributing to the Westminster Abbey memorial statue

   1. 16–8 September 1769 · Stratford-upon-Avon, festival townStaging of the Shakespeare Jubilee

      David Garrick staged the Shakespeare Jubilee in Stratford-upon-Avon between 6 and 8 September 1769, celebrating Shakespeare's birth.

   2. 2First day of the Jubilee, inferred as 6 September 1769 · Stratford-upon-Avon, festival townFirst day: Queen Mab performed

      Dibdin's Queen Mab was performed on the first day of Garrick's festival in Stratford-upon-Avon.

   3. 3Second day of the Jubilee, inferred as 7 September 1769 · Stratford-upon-Avon, festival townSecond day: Garrick's speech to the Shakespeare Ladies Club

      On the Jubilee's second day Garrick thanked the Shakespeare Ladies Club for restoring Shakespeare's popularity and for the Westminster Abbey memorial statue.

Sources

1. Shakespeare Jubilee Wikipedia, revision of 2026-06-23