¡¡On
the
evening
of
May
7th,
Macready
was
to
appear
in
Macbeth
at
the
Astor
Place
Opera
House.
The
entire
auditorium
was
crowded
with
an
assembly
of
the
most
formidable
character,
resolved
that
the
actor
should
not
be
suffered
to
play
his
part.
There
were
comparatively
few
of
the
friends
of
Macready
present,
most
of
the
seats
being
secured
by
the
hard-handed
multitude,
who
had
made
the
strife
an
affair
of
classes
and
were
bent
on
putting
down
the
favorite
of
what
they
called
the
kid-gloved
and
silk-stockinged
gentry.
It
is
disagreeable
thus
to
recall
these
Get you to a place,"
Gives back to Damon life and freedom."
I am his sword, shield, helm; I but enclose
In all the magic strength of truth, they bind
ment, as inferior to a Kirke White writing verses of pale piety while dying of consumption brought on by over-stimulus of literary ambition.
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"6. Kemble and Talma—Their genius has identified their memory with the undying fame of Shakspeare and Racine.