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'Macklin's House, Tavistock Row', (1881). The house of actor Charles Macklin (1690-1797) at Tavistock Row, Covent Garden, London. Irish-born actor and dramatist Macklin performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. He accidentally killed a man, supposedely in a fight over a wig, and was acquitted. From Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places. Westminster and the Western Suburbs, by Edward Walford, Vol. III. [Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London, Paris & New York, 1881]