Article, Agnes Robertson, 'Biographical Sketch,' The Sketch Newspaper
Title
Article, Agnes Robertson, 'Biographical Sketch,' The Sketch Newspaper
Date
May 16, 1894
Description
In this interview ("A Splendid Record: Mrs Dion Boucicault," The Sketch, May 16, 1894, 146), Robertson recounted that it was her appearance in the slave auction scene of The Octoroon that had attracted the most virulent attention when the play had been performed in New York. She claimed that she had been "solemnly warned that if I attempted to play this auction scene I should be shot as I stood on the table to be sold." Robertson also stated that she did not “sympathise with the aims of writers who wish to use the stage as a moral dissecting-room.” Yet Robertson also cited as “most thrilling” her appearance as Zoe.
Publisher
The Sketch Newspaper