| Show tin THE Aci oits cuir lit 1 would like to lira ilya in ia tho the future but it was wag the desire of hazlitt that he be might inight live over again that portion of the past upon which the names dames of the great artists arlilla of tragedy nod and comedy hail had econ recorded from croul mrs bet act tarton tho the first juliet to mrs siddons the iol that ho saw we can imagine no nobler company of whom won honorable graves in westminster alibey abley side eida by side with the he authors chow lines lies they interpreted with the kings and warriors warriors and statesmen before whom they played wo we know so 60 little about then and so much less regarding the manner or of their art for they alone of artists could leave no do copy behind ilick come iowa down to us now copt on bonfy y v as so 60 many names name laden with au an anecdote or so eo yet yel after all we are not certain that the deter actors 8 fame is is not tho the most satis fac tory it comes to liim him juick upon his carding card ing of it ir and not like ako the authors or painters rs after he is ii dead the actor leaps to his bis reward in a tingle bingle night he be may mo have to wait tolland to iland hunger for that aba night h t lir years together but liis moments of triumph are supreme ones when charles machlin walled ted ut the stage after playing shylock for hc ata ft times ho be in tho the ol 01 Fue cess I 1 am not worth alty pounds in ia the world nevertheless th eless on this tb li night am fam icharles I 1 Cliar lct th the e great when kean camo came home to his cifa after his debot as sir giles alic abbed him bow that dreaded critic lord essex eez had liked idled too the performance ilis his jubilant reply pata damn lord essex the abe pi pit roie at roc me is suggestive still of oflas lis 91 great victory etory lut but what must lave have been L to bim him a yet finer triumph was when the 1 pit pitr rose at him to drive him from the stage not because he did not dot play well but because ho loved his neighbors wife better than bia owenj bior or one instant he savagely confronted eis hu audience then sioe gung at it to its entire di it a speech from the tha part of richard kichard Kic hird that hoaas ho wan playing 11 unmannered dogs I 1 stand eland YO yc when I 1 command adoue the uin of the dr gramatia amitia dra matia period to which bich we have rc frred there was as on seeing those hamlet old exclaimed to the annoyance of ioie G god 03 it is the licit acted part I 1 ever baw macum Mackh rii whom declared to bo the 11 very tiry jew that walled upon ohp lugo with good mibs poro Is burtia ta ajay toltec his hia ono year and adl thereafter it no DO muro auro furm lurati lur lr A few daa jays Is later aar he be wu was standing at the itie grave of oton an od ed linio comrado ot of the theater he 1101 iso wrapped that kat a friend fricda his wal M to aronie him do not nol disturb too me sir nr lie ile kaid 1 lam I am at my I 1 only ly i a r few e alays a mors moro and uj bin n a 1 t e g were e al lid arti e there were ar 1 0 San sandord rord leigh bullock Dall ocl estcourt court doggett who played the je jew ia a low comedy part bibber the prince of and ho he first crat reformer of the biage quin bain atia RichI welon bowton and dd samek among the women were good mra betterton Better too mrs barry scarcely so BO gobi gooi fur lord Koch oater dept her lyl lr bracegirdle who left the theater because aquio ld acted better than ihan bhe dill rod aol aal who presented to her ber cocq uror all 11 ll her stage jewels and nd dresses so preat a woman was aboin aho in her defeat bita bibber whose husband Theophi jul her bor for a thoum thousand nil pounds mn r it chard who dw dr johnson taid said algava spoke of her goir nd ral mr abingdon Abi ogdon anno anne bellamy beg who kept Gal irick mrs mr crawford mrs mr yates yalta mrs MM jordan miss misa kelly and aej the greatest ol of til sarh rah sidd Si ddona gossip about actors in galaxy for may by aj L clarko clarke davis I 1 9 |
