The Irish Attorney (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Irish AttorneyThis excellent farce is from the pen of the talented author on "The Nervous Man, " Bayle Bernard, Esq., who is an American by birth, though of Irish descent. It was first performed at the Haymarket Theatre, London, on the 6th of May, 1840, its success was then unequivocal, and it has ever since been regarded as one of the most valuable additions to our stock of mirth-provoking after-pieces. Mr. Bernard dedicates this piece "To the memory of Luke Bernard, attorney-at-law, Limerick, " as a "Reminiscence of his life and virtues, by his affectionate descendant."Of the performance of Pierce O'Hara, the hero of this farce, by the late Mr. Power (for whom it was expressly written), we can but say, it was perfection. Mr. Collins, Mr. Leonard, and a host of "Irish Comedians, " have since enacted the part, the former with very distinguished success, and amongst the latter, Mr. Nickinson, of the Olympic Theatre, deserves honourable mention. His style of dressing and enacting the "four-bottled, five-barred, rollicking" Galway gentleman, is certainly equal to that of any of the other candidates for "the mantle of Poor Power." It is to this gentleman we are indebted for the copy from which this edition is printed. That copy was, by permission, carefully revised and corrected by him from the manuscript used by the original personator of the hero during his last engagement in New York. The alterations and additions by Mr. Power, add very much to the effectiveness of the piece, and we feel much pleasure in being enabled to present what we believe to be the only edition of "The Irish Attorney, " as per formed by that lamented actor.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.