Excerpt from Haymarket Theatre: A Short History of the School for Scandal, the Rivals and She Stoops to Conquer A word as to the first Lady Teazle, Mrs. Abington, who, it should be observed, had refused to play Miss Hardcastle for poor Goldsmith. She raised herself from a tavern girl to an actress of the highest refinement. In the dexterous and graceful manage ment of the fan she had no equal, and, while her voice itself was wanting in tone, yet she used it so well that the defect was never noticed. Garrick hated her. She ...
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Excerpt from Haymarket Theatre: A Short History of the School for Scandal, the Rivals and She Stoops to Conquer A word as to the first Lady Teazle, Mrs. Abington, who, it should be observed, had refused to play Miss Hardcastle for poor Goldsmith. She raised herself from a tavern girl to an actress of the highest refinement. In the dexterous and graceful manage ment of the fan she had no equal, and, while her voice itself was wanting in tone, yet she used it so well that the defect was never noticed. Garrick hated her. She is below the thought of any honest man or woman she is as silly as she is false and treacherous, was his opinion of her. She was, however, a great popular favourite. Dr. Johnson, at her request, attended her benefit. The inquisitive Boswell could not resist the temptation to question the Doctor. Why, sir, did you go to Mrs. Abington's benefit? Did you see No, sir. Did you hear No, sir. Why, then, sir, did you go P Because, sir, she is a favourite with the public and when the public cares a thousandth part for you that it does for her, I will go to your benefit too. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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