Social England : a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . e of natural sentiment, he succeededbest where j\Iacready was least successful. The thirties date the opening and closing of many famoustheatrical careers: Charles Young is last heard of in Im:)2,Edmund Kean in 1833, Charles Kemble in 183G, Liston in 1837 dates the second period of Macready, which covershis career as a manager, with many failures, first at CoventGarden, then (1841) at Drury Lane. T
Social England : a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . e of natural sentiment, he succeededbest where j\Iacready was least successful. The thirties date the opening and closing of many famoustheatrical careers: Charles Young is last heard of in Im:)2,Edmund Kean in 1833, Charles Kemble in 183G, Liston in 1837 dates the second period of Macready, which covershis career as a manager, with many failures, first at CoventGarden, then (1841) at Drury Lane. The thirties saw FannyKembles efiibrts to support her failing father, and Helen The GreatTragedian. FamousPlays andPlayers. 504 THE liVLE OF THE MIDDLE CLASS. [1846 Faucits first a]:)pearancc, with those of Phelps and the youngerMathews. The fashion for inflated rhetoric showed very littletendency to wane. The great plays were Sheridan KnowlessVirginius (1820), The Himchback (1832), Love (1839), in whichEllen Tree (Jlrs. Charles Kcan) had great success. The pieceran for fifty nights, which was then considered extraordinary-Bulwers Lady of Lyons, threatened at first with failure, ran. EDMIXD KEAX, BY J. S. Portrait Gallery.) tliirt} nights in its first season, and was accounted a greatsuccess, for twelve or fourteen nights were more usual runs-Talfourds Ion, Byrons Mtirino Fuliero drew well: in 1S40Money came out, and showed that high-flown sentiment wasstill in vogue. What was sometimes wanting in quality wasmade up in (juantity: the bill consisted of either two five-actcomedies, or a tragcd}- preceded by a farce and followed bya throe-act comedy. The legitimate drama entered upon a new era when Samuel
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