The Cultivation of the Female Understanding
The passage argues that true felicity in marriage and social benefits depend on cultivating the female understanding. It suggests readers apply this view to society to explain matrimonial disunion and to promote lasting harmony through educated women.
Anecdote On Garrick Style And Theatre Life
Anecdotes recount Mr Kine likening his unenviable lot as manager to Garrick’s long tenure at Drury Lane. He claimed the job resembled a severe penance worse than any sinecure, comparing the monastery of La Trappe unfavorably to theatre life and describing conflicted wardrobe pressures from demanding actresses. An epigram notes actresses drove Garrick from the stage.
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Kine
Mr. Garrick
Drury Lane
la Trappe
Egypt