THE
POLYANTHOS,

FOR
JULY, 1812.

MR. DUFF.

Of the private life of this gentleman we know
but very little. He is a native of Ireland, and
was intended for the profession of the law. It
appears however that his youthful mind was
more engaged by the study of Shakespeare and
the modern comick writers, than with that of
Coke and Blackstone. He began his theatrical
career four years ago, but at what place we are
not able to state. In the summer of 1810, when
Mr. Dickenson was in England engaging re-
cruits for the Boston Theatre, Mr. Duff was
recommended to his notice by Mr. Cooper. An
engagement followed, and he arrived in Boston
shortly after, where he has for two seasons per-
formed as great a variety of business in his pro-
fession, as has ever fallen to the lot of an indi-
vidual. In February last he visited Philadel-
phia, and exhibited his principal characters with

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