Charles Macklin [ Art and Literature ]
… in life on the Irish stage (in Dublin Crow Street, Capel Street and Smock Alley theatres), and the bettering of his intellect not only gave flesh and blood to the characters he played but also brought to life the ones he portrayed in his … Macklin prepared his acting style thoroughly and developed his eloquence, extracting from his extensive reading an intellectual and political subtext. William Appleton claims that he read Josephus’s History of the Jews 4 and that his …
Anglo-Irishness | Charity | Debate | Enlightenment | Ireland | Theatre
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