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TOMMASO SALVINI
combination tolerable. During the season
of 1882-83 Miss Clara Morris was his
leading lady; in other years, Miss Pres-
cott, Miss Wainright, Mrs. Bowers, and
other reputable performers belonged to his
supporting companies. In the spring of
1886 he appeared in Othello and Hamlet
with Edwin Booth, who played lago and
Hamlet to Salvini's Othello and the Ghost.
For many of the most finely discrim-
inating connoisseurs of acting, in this
region, Salvini became the first and fore-
most of the histrionic artists of our day,
and with nearly all " the judicious " he
took, held, and holds a highly exalted
position. His personality was the most
splendid — the adjective is fit, and, indeed,
required — that has illustrated the theatre
of his time. When he was first seen here,
the beauty and strength of his classic
face, the grand proportions of his figure,
and the vibrant, sympathetic sweetness of
his voice — a voice as glorious as ever pro-
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