Monday, January 10, 2011

Charles Macklin

Charles Macklin

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Charles Macklin (26 September 1690 - 11 July 1797), originally Cathal MacLochlainn, was an actor and dramatist born in Culdaff, a village on the scenic Inishowen Peninsula of County Donegal, part of the Province of Ulster in the north of Ireland. He was one of the most distinguished actors of his day, equally in tragedy and comedy. He gained his greatest fame in the role of Shylock in The Merchant of Venice.



[The Covent Garden Theatre Or Pasquin Turnd Drawcansir | The Man Of The World 1792]

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