Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Comic Sketches, or the Comedian His Own Manager: Written and Selected for the Benefit of Performers in England, Ireland, Scotland, and America
The truth Of these Observations was never more fully established than in the object of the present memoir. He was a man who had, for a series of years, been a popular and admired comedian who had' introduced ails most a new Species of amusement into our provincial town's who had mingled with all the emment wits of his time, and who him-a self most assuredly spossessed no inconsider able share of that fascinating quality. All we now know of him amounts tn. Little more than a bare collection Of dates, with a few of those occurrences of his life, which industry and application have been successful in collecting. These, however, scanty as theywill perhaps, be found sufficient to elucidate at least the more prominent traits of his character. 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.
