SOME DIFFERENT SORTS OF PLAYGOERS
... . TAKEN as a people, we English are not enthusiastic playgoers. The majority of patriotic Britons have a prejudice against the playhouse, and against plays and play actors; which, although it has little beyond miscomprehension, over-sensitiveness, and narrow-mindedness to support it, is nevertheless dying very hard, from the fact that every true Briton loves his dear old prejudices, and hugs ...