Charles Macklin [ Art and Literature ]
… interest and passion in the theatre among his fellow actors and on the political stage thanks to his extensive reading and eloquence. George Salisbury Shury, ‘Garrick in the Green Room’, 1829, The Trustees of the British … part as Shylock. 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 triumph was based on his repeated and careful reading of that book. His successful act of performance hastened his entry and participation in the sociable British …
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