Mr Macklin in the character of Shylock in William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, Drury Lane, Feb 14, 1741. In long dark coat with knife and scales in his hands. Macklin played the role as "natural, menacing," instead of comically. Charles Macklin, Irish actor and dramatist, 1699-1797. Copperplate engraving by Charles Grignion after a portrait by Thomas Parkinson from John Bell's Edition of Shakespeare, London, Nov. 20, 1775.

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