Memoirs of the Life of Charles Macklin, Esq.: Volume 2 Kirkman Paperback

Memoirs of the Life of Charles Macklin, Esq.: Volume 2Principally Compiled from his Own Papers and Memorandums\nAuthor(s): James Thomas Kirkman\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108064675, 978-1108064675\nSynopsis\nDrawing on his own papers and first published in 1799, this two-volume account traces the colourful life of the actor and playwright Charles Macklin (c.[tel]. His long career serves as the focal point in a history of the eighteenth-century theatre and its most celebrated performers. Hailed for his enduring interpretation of Shakespeare's Shylock, a role he played for some fifty years, Macklin has been credited with the theatre's move towards realism. His life was just as dramatic offstage, marked as it was by a series of controversies and fierce rivalries. In 1735 he was convicted of the manslaughter of a fellow actor in a quarrel over a wig, and in 1775 he successfully pressed charg.