Exploring the anticipation and reputation of English actor William Charles McCready as he readies for a performance of Macbeth in 1849, alongside a brief mention of theater professor Carl Kapola at American University.
As the famous English actor William Macready was preparing to go on stage in New York, over 300 police officers were placed in and around the theater. “But the head of the police said, ‘I don't know that that's going to be enough people.’”
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