Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER VI. 1815.— Engagement at Glasgow — At Dublin — Humors and character of the Dublin audiences — Their peculiarities and attachment to old favorites — Bath — Profit to be made by an actor out of a bad house — Importance of study —' Mcntevolc — Kitely — Pierre — Duke Aranza — The Twiss family — Offers from Drtiry Lane and Covent Garden theaters — Meeting with brother at Wey- mouth — Officers at Bath — Mrs. Piozzi — Difficulties of the actor's art — Amateur actors — Performing Avith "Romeo Coates " at Bath — Lcontes — Dori- coart — Don Felix. Afteh one night's performance at Bristol I made my journey to Glasgow by way of Newcastle, where I spent a day or two with my family. At Glasgow I repeated my principal characters to good receipts ; but with Kean's first engagement in Scotland announced over my head at greatly advanced prices, in which he was to be paid £100 per night, it was not to be expected that the young country actor should fare as well as if the field had been open. The produce of my engagement was however very satisfactory, putting a very handsome sum in my pocket. A trifling occurrence, to be remembered in after-life, fell out on the night of my benefit. A pretty little girl, about nine years of age, was sent on at a very short notice to act the part of one of the children in Dimond's pleasant farce, " The Hunter of the Alps." She was imperfect in the words she had to speak, having had no time to learn them ; not being aware of this, I scolded her on coming off the stage for her neglect, which I was afterwards sorry for, as it cost her many tears. In later life this incident was recalled to me in a very unexpected manner. From Glasgow my route to Dublin was by Port Patrick, the little haven of a dreary rock-bound coast, where I was detained in a miserable...