Kay's Edinburgh portraits : a series of anecdotal biographies chiefly of Scotchmen . I. THE REV. HUGH BLAIR, D. D. During the summer season of the following year Mrs. Siddons againhonoured Modern Athens with her presence, and created as great asensation as she had done the year preceding. The receipts dur-ing her engagement were:—1785, July 12, Grecian Daughter, J95 ;July 14, Macbeth, ^125; July IG, Fair Penitent, £12G; July 18,Isabella, ^154; July 20, Douglas, ^130 ; July 23, Carmelite, il28 ;July 25, Venice Preserved, ^130 ; Julv 2G, Carmelite, .£84 ; July27, Which is the Man? £84; July 28,
Kay's Edinburgh portraits : a series of anecdotal biographies chiefly of Scotchmen . I. THE REV. HUGH BLAIR, D. D. During the summer season of the following year Mrs. Siddons againhonoured Modern Athens with her presence, and created as great asensation as she had done the year preceding. The receipts dur-ing her engagement were:—1785, July 12, Grecian Daughter, J95 ;July 14, Macbeth, ^125; July IG, Fair Penitent, £12G; July 18,Isabella, ^154; July 20, Douglas, ^130 ; July 23, Carmelite, il28 ;July 25, Venice Preserved, ^130 ; Julv 2G, Carmelite, .£84 ; July27, Which is the Man? £84; July 28, Isabella, £139; July 29,Suspicious Husband, .£15; July 30, Jane Shore, £115; August 1,Earl of Warwick, ^123 ; August 2, Mourning Bride, ^107 ; August 3,Provoked Husband, .£125 ; August 6, Gamester, £200; August 8,Douglas, ^137 ; August 9, Earl of Warwick, £G0 16s. On the 12th August, Mrs. Siddons made her first appearance inGlasgow in the character of Belvidera. THE REV. HUGH BLAIR, , Of the High Church, Edinburgh. The author of the Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Let
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