Poetical Works by Charles Churchill
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theatrical vicissitudes, died a zealous methodist and disciple of
George Whitefield, in 1776. [5] 'Yates:' Richard Yates, another low actor of the period. [6] 'Foote:' Samuel Foote, the once well-known farcical writer, (now chiefly remembered from Boswell's Life of Johnson), opened the Old House in the Haymarket, and, in order to overrule the opposition of the magistrates, announced his entertainments as 'Mr Foote's giving tea to his friends.' [7] 'Wilkinson:' Wilkinson, the shadow of Foote, was the proprietor of Sadler's Wells Theatre. [8] 'Palmer:' John Palmer, a favourite actor in genteel comedy, who married Miss Pritchard, daughter of the celebrated actress of that name. [9] 'Barry:' Spranger Barry, an actor of first-rate eminence and tall of size. Barry was a competitor of Garrick. Every one remembers the lines in a poem comparing the two-- 'To Barry we give loud applause; To Garrick only tears.' [10] 'Coan:' John Coan, a dwarf, showed himself, like another Tom Thumb, for sixpence a-head. [11] 'Ackman:' Ackman ranked as one of the lowest comic actors of his time. |
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