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...Garrick, wife of the actor David, was a keen follower of 18th century fashion. Her painted Chinese silk dress has a skirt so wide she must have had to go through doors sideways. She wasn't so lucky with some bed hangings she tried to smuggle in. "It was illegal to import Chinese silk," says chief curator Christopher Wilk, "because Great Britain was trying to protect the U.K. textile industry." The fabric was impounded, which left poor Mrs. Garrick "weeping like Rachel for her children," as her husband wrote to a friend. She hung the recovered material around...
...GARRICK OHLSSON...
...Sunday, renowned Chopin interpreter Garrick Ohlsson delivered the second of the Aaron and Anne Richmond piano recitals in Symphony Hall. Memorable for its full-steam-ahead vigor and its dynamic range, his playing did not disappoint a mid-size afternoon audience...
Attention was drawn to the issue of networkmisuse last year when, Garrick Lau '98, the CEO ofOmicron Technologies Corporation, used his webpage to distribute computer software...
...wasn't until 1925 that Rodgers and Hart had a major hit. They wrote the songs for a lighthearted revue called The Garrick Gaieties. Its Manhattan was an overnight success, and the legendary partnership was flying at last. Such songs as The Lady Is a Tramp, Dancing on the Ceiling, My Heart Stood Still and Blue Moon etched the duo a permanent place in theater history...