Macready

[ muh k-ree-dee, muh-kree- ]

/ məkˈri di, məˈkri- /

William Charles,1793–1873, English actor.

Example sentences from the Web for macready

Mr. Macready's—so pronounced by one of Charles Dickens's little children.

The Letters of Charles Dickens |Charles Dickens
Strafford was written, at Macready's earnest request, in an interval of the composition of Sordello.

An Introduction to the Study of Browning |Arthur Symons
Macready has quite decided me in respect of time and so forth.

The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete |John Forster
Browning's third literary venture was a tragedy, Strafford, dedicated to Macready, at whose request it was written.

Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning |Robert Browning

Mr. Macready was steadily rising from melodrama to the highest walks of tragedy, and his golden opportunity came in Virginius.

Their Majesties' Servants (Volume 3 of 3) |John Doran

Macready

/ (məˈkriːdɪ) /

William Charles. 1793–1873, English actor and theatre manager