The Influences of William Charles Macready on the English Theatre, 1837-1843

acting actor Alfred Bunn Allardyce Nicoll Allen Archer attempt audience began Brander Matthews Bulwer-Lytton Bunn Bunn's character Cibber concerning contemporary Coriolanus costume Covent Garden Davenant David Garrick diary dramatic literature Drury Lane Dryden Early Nineteenth Century effect English drama Evelyn farewell Garrick Club Georgina Ibid important influence interpolated John Bull Kemble King Lear Knowles Lady of Lyons Lane and Covent leading actor legitimate drama legitimate plays letter London management Macready felt Macready wrote Macready's production managerial Mardyn matic Meeks melodrama monopoly theatres Nineteenth Century Drama Odell opera patent theatre performance period playbills playwrights poetry poets Pollock presented Priscilla Horton profession reform rehearsals revival Richard III Richelieu Roman Royal Patents scene scenic Scribe seasons seen Shakespeare Shakespearian plays Shakespearian texts Shattuck Sir John smaller theatres spectacle spectacular stage success taste tells Tempest Trewin Virginius Watson William Charles Macready writing