
What is recorded here
This grey commemorative plaque records: Here lived Edward Capell censor of plays, & Shakespearean commentator, and David Garrick was his frequent visitor here. This commemorative tablet was unveiled on June 1:1914 by Stephen Phillips, Esq:
David Garrick was an influential 18th-century English actor, playwright, and theatre manager known for reviving interest in Shakespeare's works; Edward Capell was a scholar who edited Shakespeare’s plays, contributing significantly to their textual analysis and preservation.
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