. . . is related in Tom Moore’s Diary about John Kemble. He was performing one night at some country theater one of his favorite parts, and was interrupted form time to time by the squalling of a child in one of the galleries, until at length angered by this rival performance, Kemble walked with solemn steps to the front of the stage and addressing the audience in his most tragic tones, said: “Ladies and gentlemen, unless the play is stopped the child cannot possibly go on.”
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, May 24, 1862, p. 3
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