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Sarah Siddons

 

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William Shakespeare : Hamlet

Mary Berry to Bertie Greathead, 2 August 1798, on having got to know Mrs Siddons the previous winter: 'She read "Hamlet" to us one evening, in N. Audley-street, which was to me a great treat.'

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Sarah Siddons      Print: Book

  

William Shakespeare : Othello

Mary Berry, Journal, 2 January 1822, during stay at Guy's Cliff: 'Mrs Siddons read "Othello," the two parts of Iago and Othello quite [italics]a merveille[end italics].'

Century: 1700-1799 / 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Sarah Siddons      Print: Book

 

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