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for "great drama" and praised her for her natural warmth and "mild passion". She took her profession seriously, and made a study trip to Paris to study the French theater in 1838. A known incident was told of her improvisation skill on stage. During a performance in which she played a bandit, she was to shoot her co-actor
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