Blog entry
Murder by Mistake, a Restoration Tragedy
Posted June 23, 2015
“The good-looking, melodious-voiced William Mountfort played both tragic and comic lovers to perfection, and was mourned by theatergoers and colleagues alike when he died, the innocent victim of a swordfight over Mrs. Bracegirdle.”
I came across that sentence in a history of the English theater. That was it. No further explanation.
