Quelqu'un claims that anyone who disbelieves that "no strong dramatic effect" can be produced without overacting should go see Laura Keene in Aileen Aroon (3). Quelqu'un engages in a lengthy discussion of her performance in the play and her acting in general. He also reports that Victoria, Queen of the Wizards is scheduled to appear at the French Theatre in the next week. Quelqu'un also discusses a "religious farce" held at Trinity Church and ascribes it to "flunkeyism" (3).
Quelqu'un claims that anyone who doesn't believe "strong dramatic effect" can be produced without overacting should go see Keene in Aileen Aroon. He discusses her performance in detail (3).
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Though much of her early life, including her real name and exact date of birth, remains in shadow, Laura Keene is thought to have come from a well-to-do background.
