Excerpt from Old England and New England in a Series of Views Taken on the Spot, Vol. 2 of 2 American Dramatic Fund - Samples of histrionic talent - Mr. Forrest and his castle - Mrs. Forrest and her character Treading the stage, and treading the ceiling - Fourrier's doctrines, and their inoculation - Low prices and low people - Wallack's theatre - William Tell outdone - An actress quarrels with her dress - A genuine Yankee manager -how to carry on the war - Cheap literature - One way of keeping a day holy - A learned Lo Chamberlain Virtue of vox populi - Value of patent rights Dyeing a martyr - Characteristics of Opera singers - The many airs they give themselves, and the few they give the public - Downfall of Old Drury - Italian Opera doings - Poets and pensions - Pope's opinion of all puppets - Performers' opinions of themselves 96 - 124. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.