Edgar

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Excerpt from Edgar: Or Caledonian Feuds, a Tragedy, Now Performing With Universal Applause, at the Theatre Royal, Covent GardenI have now only to notice his illiberal and unmanly attack upon a young lady, not more admired for the splendor of her professional talents than for the amiable. Qualities which distinguish her in private life - she is arraigned, not for having played the part of Edgar ill (that was impossible) but for having played it at~all - I shall simply relate the circumstances which induced Miss Smith to assume it. - She had publicly pledged herself to bring forward a new play-the parts were cast, and the principal one accepted by Mr. C. Kemble his lamented illness, however, obligedhim to relinquish what he had undertaken. - In this dilemma, Miss Smith had no alternative: she could not expect any performer would study so long a part in little'more than aweek, ' and therefore, at my rqest, determined to play it her self, rather than abandon her intention of bringing out, the play - When Mr. Harris's accustomed liberahtyin duced him to give out Edgar for a second representation, she wrote again to Mr. C. Kcmblc, and begged him to take the part frrom her, modestly saying she thought it a duty which she owed the author: but his health would not permit him to comply with her request.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.