Charles Macklin [ Art and Literature ]
… to Drury Lane thirteen days after the riot. But this event worsened Macklin’s public image in social circles and in newspaper reports. His public image was tainted by the past he had fought to erase, his Irishness associated in England … for claiming his right in public venues off the stage: the court, the lecture hall and most contentiously, the newspapers’ (Straub 402). Macklin and Legal Circles, from the Stage to the Courtroom Macklin was on stage and off … 1770-1790, The Trustees of the British Museum, 1837,0513.51. After derogatory reviews of his acting as ‘Macbeth’ in the newspapers, Macklin staged a dramatic defense, addressing the audience directly on the stage before the performance of …
Anglo-Irishness | Charity | Debate | Enlightenment | Ireland | Theatre
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