Show I I I I I I I GA GARRICK RICK VILLA I TO BE DRAMATIC CLUB AFTER WAR WARBy II By Special News New Service I IO LONDON DON Tan Jan I 12 Garrick's villa at Hampton which is ib to be converted into a dramatic club after the war Isa is isa a a. house with a history It was purchased purchased pur pur- chased in 1745 by David who commissioned Robert cam the architect archi archi- to design a new front an and en- en I lar largo c the house I Garrick Garrid oc occupied the villa until his I II death In 1779 After that his widow I continued to reside there e. When she sheI died in 1822 the villa passed Into other ether hands Among its more recent occupants occupants I I pants has been Sir Clifton Robinson During Garrick's lifetime the vill villI i iwas was famous for its social parties an and entertainments Most of the great authors actors and artists of th the po- po nod met at some time or other within its walls Dr Johnson was enchanted with the house and once said to Carrick Garrick Garrick Gar Gar- rick Ah Ab David it is the leaving of such places that makes males a deathbed so ter ter- N Within the grounds and only a few I feet from the river liver frontage is the I small rotunda still Known as Garrick's s 's I It t temple It was erected by bv the great actor as a memorial to Shakespeare and and a statue Shakespeare eare by bY bYR R 1 lac was placed within It Some ye years rs ago the statue was removed to the hallor hall hallof j of or the British museum museum |