Note 4 — CATALOGUE OF HOGARTH'S PRINTS.[1]
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The original Macheath. He used, however, to perform the heroes, particularly Alexander. From these lines it appears that Massanello, was a favourite part with him. From Chetwood's History of the Stage, p. 141, I learn that Walker had contracted the two parts of Durfey's Massanello into one piece, which was acted with success at Lincoln's-Inn Fields.