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Tuesday Feb 14th. Went to the Haymarket & saw
the Hunchback for the first time in my life -
Amy Sedgwick as Julie, Buckstone & C
The theatre [sic] is about the size of Wallack’s but
not so pretty; half filled, no ladies in hats excepting
in the pit - where the democracy prevailed
with a sprinkling of ginger pop & oranges -
I was delighted with the play though Stone had
never seen it worse acted - Fortunately I never
saw Fanny Beulle & her father in anything
so am prepared to enjoy lesser lights
“Ah youth, the charm was only thine
from thee alone the enchantment came”
For instance, [illegible words] & I went to the
Museum one afternoon & saw The Strangers
I was a wife & mother well passed [sic] my teens
(24) but it seems we were both young enough
to be moved beyond expression by the
most wretched performance I imaginable,
& we could not have indulged in more
heartfelt sobs or gone home in a more
depressed condition generally if Siddons
herself had played Mrs Haller or
Kemble the unhappy stranger.