Banquet in Honour of William Macready
Description
Toast at a banquest in honour William Macready (20 July 1839).
Creator
Dickens, Charles
Source
The Examiner (28 July 1839, iss. 1643), p. 475
Date
Bibliographic Citation
Dickens, Charles. 'Toast at a banquest in Honour William Macready' (20 July 1839). Dickens Search. Eds. Emily Bell and Lydia Craig. Accessed [date]. https://dickenssearch.com/speeches/1839-07-20_Speech_Banquet-in-Honour-of-William-Macready.
Transcription
The Members of the late Company of Covent Garden Theatre.
Summary
Mr C. Dickens now rose, and was received with reiterated bursts of cheering. In a speech which gracefully blended seriousness with pleasantry, he proposed: