Charles Macklin [ Art and Literature ]
… page with a wanderlust for knowledge and sociability. He learned English (he had a library of more than three thousand books) and struggled to lose his Irish brogue 2 to speak with a flawless English accent on London stages (Lincoln’s Inn … develop a taste for litigation. The printed auction catalogue of Macklin’s library sold in 1797 has around sixty-nine books related to Law. 3 He came back to Drury Lane in January 1736 where he was surrounded by fellow actors and friends …
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