 David Garrick, the famous actor and theatre manager of Theatre Royal, Drury Lane is often cited as the man responsible for Shakespeare's popularity in the 18th Century.Garrick himself acknowledged the importance of the Ladies’ Club in a speech delivered at the Shakespeare Jubilee in 1769.In the speech Garrick said ""It was You Ladies" that restor’d Shakespeare to the Stage you form’d yourselves into a Society to protect his Fame, and Erected a Monument to his and your own honour in Westminster Abbey."