Charles Macklin [ Art and Literature ]
… Macklin as Shylock: Acting and Socializing Before he was thirty years of age, his reputation as an outstanding actor grew and he became a great socializer among his fellow actors, as well as among the … said Pope, ‘do players in general take such pains?’ – ‘I do not know, Sir, that they do; but as I had staked my reputation on the character, I was determined to spare no trouble in getting at the best information.’ Pope nodded, and … in the Chancery Courts and fought his whole life to assert the copyright to his plays. For Straub, Macklin ‘had a reputation for claiming his right in public venues off the stage: the court, the lecture hall and most contentiously, the …
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