In Mrs.Beverly, in the play of the 'Gamesters' a few nights ago, she so arrested the attention of the house that you might hear your watch tick in your fob, and, at the close of the play, when she utters an hysteric laugh for joy that her husband was not a murderer, there were different ladies in the boxes who actually went into hysterics and were obliged to be carried out of the theatre.

This I think is proof of good acting.

Mrs.Siddons is a woman of irreproachable character and moves in the first circles; the stage will never again see her equal.
"You mustn't think because I praise the acting that I am partial to theatres.

I think in a certain degree they are harmless, but, too much attended, they dissipate the mind.

There is no danger of my loving them too much; I like to go once in awhile after studying hard all day.
"Last night, as I was passing through Tottenham Court Road, I saw a large collection of people of the lower class making a most terrible noise by beating on something of the sounding genus.