Shakespeare Club Dinner

Description

Speech given at the Shakespeare Club dinner, London (30 March 1839).

Creator

Dickens, Charles

Source

Macready, William Charles. The Diaries of William Charles Macready 1833-1851. Vol. 1. Ed. William Toynbee. New York: Putnam's, 1912. pp. 504-505.

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Dickens, Charles. 'Shakespeare Club Dinner' (30 March 1839). Dickens Search. Eds. Emily Bell and Lydia Craig. Accessed [date]. https://dickenssearch.com/speeches/1839-03-30_Speech_Shakespeare_Club_Dinner.

Summary

'most earnest, eloquent, and touching, It took a review of my enterprise at Covent Garden, and summed up with an eulogy of me that quite overpowered me.'

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Citation

Dickens, Charles, “Shakespeare Club Dinner,” Dickens Search, accessed May 2, 2024, https://dickenssearch.com/speeches/1839-03-30_Speech_Shakespeare_Club_Dinner.

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