I MET with a man at my half way house, who told me
many anecdotes of Kean’s younger
life. He knew him thoroughly. His name is Wyatt, living
near the Bell, Edmonton. Also he
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LETTERS OF C. AND M. LAMB
Feb.
referred me to
West, a publican, opposite St. Georges Church,
Southwark, who knew him more intimately. Is it worth Forster’s while to enquire after them?
C. L.
John Forster (1812-1876)
English man of letters and friend of Charles Lamb and Leigh Hunt who was editor of The Examiner (1847-55) and the biographer of Goldsmith (1854),
Landor (1869), and Dickens (1872-74).
Edmund Kean (1787-1833)
English tragic actor famous for his Shakespearean roles.
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