You mean parlor entertainments; impersonations; impressions; that sort of thing?
"The Landlord at Lion's Head, Complete"
William Dean Howells Last Updated: February 27, 2009
They challenge our admiration, severe, and even stern, as impersonations of filial duty, cleaving to the steps of a desolate and afflicted old man; or of sisterly affection, maintaining the rights of a brother under circumstances of peril, of desertion, and consequently of perfect self-reliance.
"Biographical Essays"
Thomas de Quincey
The same reasoning would apply to all his impersonations.
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John Symonds