Garrick Club
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| Founded | 1831 |
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| Website | Official website |
| Address | 15 Garrick Street |
| Occupied since | 1864 |
| Established for | The Arts; especially theatre |
| Motto | All the world's a stage |
Coordinates: 51°30′41″N 0°07′35″W / 51.511488°N 0.126327°W
The Garrick Club is a gentlemen's club in the heart of London founded in 1831. It is one of the oldest, most highly esteemed and most exclusive members' clubs in the world and since its conception has catered to members such as Charles Kean, Henry Irving, Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Arthur Sullivan, Laurence Olivier and John Gielgud. From the literary world came writers such as Charles Dickens, H. G. Wells, J. M. Barrie, A. A. Milne, and Kingsley Amis. The visual arts have been represented by painters such as John Everett Millais, Lord Leighton and Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
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