Charles Macklin [ Art and Literature ]
… he converted to Protestantism and success was abundant. On 14 February 1741 , he achieved considerable and astounding fame with his part as Shylock. Macklin prepared his acting style thoroughly and developed his eloquence, extracting from … social and ethnic prejudices, show how eighteenth-century sociability and a desire for self-improvement could bring fame and fortune to a Donegal Gaeltacht-born Irishman. Image Legend Corner, after J. C. Lochée, ‘Copy after a Portrait of …
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