Macready´s Reminiscences, and Selections From His Diaries and Letters, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Macready´s Reminiscences, and Selections From His Diaries and Letters, Vol. 1 of 2 1793-1808. - Earliest recollections - Preparatory schools at Kensington and Birmingham - School mutiny - Father´s theatre at Birmingham - King - Mrs. Siddons - Mrs. Billington - Lord Nelson at the theatre - Visit to relations at Dublin - Adventure at Chester -Entrance at Rugby - School life - Dr. Inglis - Fagging - Mother´s death - School theatricals - The young Roscius - Rapid rise in the school - Unmerited punishment - William Birch - Fight with a bully - Dr. Wool - Rugby speeches - More elaborate theatricals - Edmund Kean at Birmingham; 1808-1811. - Father´s pecuniary difficulties - Removal from Rugby - Father´s theatrical tastes - Holman, Henderson, and Kemble in Hamlet. - Anecdotes of Macklin - Letter, from William Birch - Visit to London - O.P. Riots - Actors of the day - Earliest gas in London - Father a prisoner for debt - Undertakes charge of his company - Journey from Chester to Newcastle - Theatrical season at Newcastle - Country theatre - Father lessee of theatre at Birmingham - Debut at Birmingham in Romeo (7th June, 1810) - Lothair in ´Adelgitha´ - Norval - ´Zanga´ - ´George Barnwell´ - Practice on the stage of the empty theatre - Portrait as Romeo by Dewildo - Catalani at the Opera House - Engagement at Newcastle - Achmet in ´Barbarossa´ - Osmond in ´The Castle Spectre´ -Rolla - Holiday at Tynemouth, practice on the seashore - Capture of a fish - Performances at Leicester and Birmingham - Albyn in ´The Countess of Salisbury,´ Luke in ´Riches´ - Hardyknute in the ´Wood Demon´ - Coach travelling of the period - An escape from danger - Death of grandfather About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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