Excerpt from Dramatic Essays
William Hazlitt, born on April 10, 1778, was thirty-five years of age, when, in 1813, he became the theatrical critic of the Morning Chronicle. Up to this time he had published nothing about the stage; but he had been for several years a constant playgoer. His first recorded visit to the theatre took place in 1790; and even then, at the age of eleven, we find him taking a quite intelligent interest in what he saw. On March 18 of that year he wrote to his father from Liverpool: -
"On Friday I went to the play with Mr. Corbett, at whose house I dined and drank tea. The play was Love in Many Masks, and the farce, No Song no Supper. It was very entertaining, and was performed by some of the best players in London, as, for instance, Kemble, Suett, Dignum, the famous singer, Mrs.
Williams, Miss Hagley, Miss Romanzini, and others. Suett, who acted in the character of 'Ned Blunt,' was enough to make any one laugh, though he stood still; and Kemble acted admirably as an officer. Mr. Dignum sang beautifully, and Miss Hagley acted the country girl with much exactness."
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