The Folger Shakespeare Library Gala
Celebrating a Theatrical Life

The Folger Shakespeare Library Gala, “Celebrating a Theatrical Life, David Garrick (1717-1779),” honored the greatest actor of his day, a playwright, impresario and advocate of Shakespeare’s claim to the title of National Poet of Britain. Inspired by the library’s collection of Garrick materials, Folger Director Gail Kern Paster and gala chairman C. Boyden Gray organized the festivities under the honorary patronage of British Ambassador Sir David Manning and Lady Manning. After viewing the Garrick exhibit (on view through August 28) during cocktails in the Great Hall, guests watched a scene from “The Clandestine Marriage,” a comedy written by Garrick and George Colman that had a month-long run in the library’s Elizabethan Theatre. Guests included Mary and Eric Weinmann, Evelyn Stefansson Nef, Marcia McGee Carter, Marc and Jacqueline Leland, Ann and William Nitze, Kuwaiti Ambassador Salem al-Sabah and his wife, Rima, and Vicki and Roger Sant.

	Howard Paster and Peter Rose

Maria Sheehan	Roger Sant and David Schwartz

Emily Frick, Ann Nitze and Vicky Sant	Essence Newhoff and Beth Emelson

C. Boyden Gray and Marc and Jaqueline Leland

Photos by Zaid Hamid