Macready

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

noun

1. William Charles, 1793–1873, English actor.

Macready

/ məˈkriːdɪ /

noun

1. MacreadyWilliam Charles17931873MEnglishTHEATRE: actorTHEATRE: theatre manager William Charles. 1793–1873, English actor and theatre manager

Example Sentences

Big Daddy, KICK-ASS Damon Macready (Nicolas Cage)—or “Big Daddy”—is a former NYPD detective turned vigilante hero.

From The Daily Beast

At last, in 1825, an emended version was placed upon the boards by no less an actor than the great Macready.

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Contemporaries seem agreed in attributing to Kean more genius, more talent to Macready.

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I may say of them, following Mr. Archer: of the two, Kean was the greater actor and Macready the greater artist.

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Macready was the friend of the leading men of letters of his time, and had the advantage of their advice and support.

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Macready acknowledges that there were some corners in Drury Lane where a respectable woman might not venture.

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