"A change in my tastes came when 'Gust' Adams, one of the most celebrated tragedians of the day, began to play in Pittsburgh a round of Shakespearean characters. Thenceforth there was nothing for me but Shakespeare. I seemed to be able to memorize him almost without effort. Never before had I realized what magic lay in words. The rhythm and the melody all seemed to find a resting-place in me, to melt into a solid mass which lay ready to come at call. It was a new language and its appreciate I certainly owe to dramatic representation , for, until I saw 'Macbeth' played, my interest in Shakespeare was not aroused."
From The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie
