"They are the only honest hypocrites. Their life is a voluntary dream; a studied madness."
— William Hazlitt

January 1, 1970

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"On Actors and Acting" (The Examiner, 5 January 1817)

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"On Actors and Acting" (The Examiner, 5 January 1817)