Shakspere to Sheridan; a book about the theatre of yesterday and to-day . THE PLAYHOUSES 283 She takes comfort, finally, in the reflection that neitherMen nor their Garbs did eer my Credit wrong, andher colleague agrees that her Modesty is Famd.—Come now, the Prologue. Then, with a Lord, Im soashamd! she carries it off and says her say for theauthor and the comedy: For to speak Truth in its incouragement,There is a Plot, and some good Humour in t. Other plays provided similar opportunities: for theinimitable Jo Hayns, for example, one of the very bestprologue-speakers of them all; ^ for Cave U
Shakspere to Sheridan; a book about the theatre of yesterday and to-day . THE PLAYHOUSES 283 She takes comfort, finally, in the reflection that neitherMen nor their Garbs did eer my Credit wrong, andher colleague agrees that her Modesty is Famd.—Come now, the Prologue. Then, with a Lord, Im soashamd! she carries it off and says her say for theauthor and the comedy: For to speak Truth in its incouragement,There is a Plot, and some good Humour in t. Other plays provided similar opportunities: for theinimitable Jo Hayns, for example, one of the very bestprologue-speakers of them all; ^ for Cave Underbill, andTony Lee, and Nokes,^ and many another. From Bur-bage and Field and Nell Gwynn down to Fawcett inFrederick Reynoldss comedy of Management (Ijgg)^^your best actors spoke for themselves as well as for thecharacters they portrayed. Our best actors to-day (andsome others) have their press agents to speak for them,and all who desire it are privileged to enjoy more privacythan those who came before them. For the moment theexploiting of the personal equation is
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