Booth memorials : Passages, incidents, and anecdotes in the life of Junius Brutus Booth (the elder.) . xnights. The tragedy of Lear was in especial requisi-tion, having been long removed from the stage byroyal command, as the madness of Lear was similarto the disorder of the late kino;. The consent ofMr. Glossop, the Coburg manager, was obtained,and Lear was accordingly produced, on the 13thof April, 1820, with the following cast: — Lear, Mr. Booth. * Edgar, C. Kemble. Edmund, W. C Macready. Kent, . . . Fawcett. Cordelia, Miss S. Booth. IN TEE LIFE OF JUNIUS BRUTUS BOOTH. 61 VI. 8foo stars keq
Booth memorials : Passages, incidents, and anecdotes in the life of Junius Brutus Booth (the elder.) . xnights. The tragedy of Lear was in especial requisi-tion, having been long removed from the stage byroyal command, as the madness of Lear was similarto the disorder of the late kino;. The consent ofMr. Glossop, the Coburg manager, was obtained,and Lear was accordingly produced, on the 13thof April, 1820, with the following cast: — Lear, Mr. Booth. * Edgar, C. Kemble. Edmund, W. C Macready. Kent, . . . Fawcett. Cordelia, Miss S. Booth. IN TEE LIFE OF JUNIUS BRUTUS BOOTH. 61 VI. 8foo stars keqj not t\txt motion in ant %y\m JR. BOOTHS Lear proved one ofthe proudest efforts of his genius. Hisexecution of this character was transcen-dently beautiful. It requires no ordinarymind to properly conceive it. The scenein which he is turned out to bide the pelt-ing of the pitiless storm is one of terrific admirably JBooth represented the scene, no onewho ever witnessed him can forget / and his recita-tion of the following passage, amidst the storm anddarkness, was sublime:—. Blow wind and crack your cheeks ! rage ! blow! You cataracts and hurricanoes, spout Till you have drenchd our steeples! You siilphrous and thought-executing fires, Vaunt couriers to oak-cleaving thunderbolts, Singe my white head. (52 PASSAGES, INCIDENTS, AND ANECDOTES I Lear was represented three nights a week foiseveral successive weeks. In consequence of theinjunction laid against the minor theatres, prohibit-ing them from playing the regular drama, brought out Lear of Private Life, apiece constructed on Father and Daughter, a taleby Mrs. Opie. Mr. Glossop effected an engage-ment with my father to play Fitzharding in thispiece three nights a week, being the off nightsof his engagement at Covent Garden. For weeks, the Coburg was filled with large and enthu-siastic audiences, where tears were an acknowledgment ofthe power of this master of the passions; while, on alternatenights
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