Occasional Papers: Dramatic and Historical (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Occasional Papers: Dramatic and Historical

On the night of November 14th, 1746, the excitement of all good playgoers was stirred in an unwonted degree, and criticism prepared itself for a great effort in judgment and discrimination. The occasion was the appearance Of Garrick and Quin at Drury Lane in Rowe's tragedy, The Fair Penitent. It was the first time that the two famous actors had played together in the same piece. Garrick was then in the early years of his extraordinary s...