. Ireland in London. miss o NEILL. Richards), Mrs. Jordan, and Miss Fanny Kelly,and lastly, a very fine portrait of John Moody,the famous comedian, and a Cork man, as Teaguain The Committee, one of his favourite and best. MOODY, AS TEAGUE. parts. Curiously enough, the Teague of this play,which was written by a Sir Robert Howard, is thefirst Irish character, properly so-called, ever pre-sented on the English stage, as Shakespeares ridi-culous Captain Macshane can hardly be dignifiedwith the name of a character. Howards Teague is,of course, a mere caricature,but it is one of the mostpopular and
. Ireland in London. miss o NEILL. Richards), Mrs. Jordan, and Miss Fanny Kelly,and lastly, a very fine portrait of John Moody,the famous comedian, and a Cork man, as Teaguain The Committee, one of his favourite and best. MOODY, AS TEAGUE. parts. Curiously enough, the Teague of this play,which was written by a Sir Robert Howard, is thefirst Irish character, properly so-called, ever pre-sented on the English stage, as Shakespeares ridi-culous Captain Macshane can hardly be dignifiedwith the name of a character. Howards Teague is,of course, a mere caricature,but it is one of the mostpopular and important part3 in his old-fashionedplay. We give a rare illustration of Moody inthe character of this early stage are other portraits of Irish actors andactresses of note, by the greatest painters of suc-ceeding generations, but we have mentioned themost important of them. The club, or rather itsinterior, ia somewhat inaccessible to the generalpublic, but the trouble of getting admission isamply compensated by the absorbing interest ofthe art treasures within. Ireland in London. 113 CHAPTER XX. WESTMINSTER ABBEY.
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