Show ti tragedy was difficult in ye olden tymes the trials of a strolling player in eighteenth century england may be judged from a handbill announcing a performance of the 4 deep and affecting tragedy of or the force of love at the old theater in east Grins stead in 1758 1753 quoted in portrait of mrs siddons by naomi royde smith it says mrs crawford a contemporary of the great sarah siddons had a shriek and a groan that made rows of spectators start irom their seats mrs siddons went further when she shrieked the house shrieked with her at tier groan young ladies swo swooned boned in their boxes |