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as occasional extracts taken from the diaries will 
have shown. Kven during his busiest moments 
he would go with his wife to see any piece of 
importance that was being played, and they both 
numbered many friends amongst the profession. 
One of his favourite operatic pieces was Weber’s 
‘ Oberon,’ which, as he has often said, he went 
to see thirty nights in succession, when it was 
first produced in London, and further, that he 
paid for his seat each night. There are full 
accounts in the diaries of the plays they both 
went to see. On November 27 is an entry 
which will serve as a further example ; — 
‘ R. and I to the Haymarket Theatre to see 
Bulwer’s new play “ Money ; ” but the bills stated 
that in consequence of a severe domestic cala- 
mity Mr. Macready could not appear, so they put 
on “ Town and County,” Mrs. Stirling playing 
Rosalie Somers delightfully. “Family Jars was 
the last piece. Altogether a capital entertain- 
ment in spite of our disappointment.’ 
