An exceptionally productive playwright and adapter, Garrick was also an effective theater manager and one of the most powerful and popular actors in the history of British theater. Most of Garrick's dramatic compositions consisted of adaptations of existing plays, especially those of Shakespeare. In addition to those from Shakespeare's works, Garrick's plays include Lethe; or Esop in the Shades (1740); The Lying Valet (1741); The Provok'd Wife (1744); Miss in Her Teens: or, The Medley of Lovers (1747); Every Man in His Humour (1751); The Chances (1754); Lilliput (1756); The Male Coquette (1757); Isabella; or, The Fatal Marriage (1757); The Gamesters (1757); The Guardian (1759); Harlequin's Invasion (1759); The Enchanter; or, Love and Magic (a libretto; 1760); The Farmer's Return from London (1762); The Clandestine Marriage (1766); The Country Girl (1766); Neck or Nothing (1766); Cymon (1767); Linco's Travels (1767); A Peep Behind the Curtain; or, The New Rehearsal (1767); The Jubilee (1769); The Institution of the Garter; or, Arthur's Roundtable Restored (1771); The Irish Widow (1772); A Christmas Tale (1773); The Meeting of the Company (1774); Bon Ton; or, High Life above Stairs (1775); The Theatrical Candidates (1775); and May Day; or, The Little Gipsy (also a libretto; 1775).