took offence at some of John Kemble's managerial arrangements, was personally rude to him, and challenged him to a duel. The actors met in "some field in Marylebone", a third actor, Charles Bannister, undertaking the duties of second to both combatants. Aickin discharged his pistol, but fortunately missed his manager, who declined to fire in return; a reconciliation was then accomplished. Kemble afterwards explained that "he saw from his adversary's levelling at him that he was in no danger". Notes References Endnotes: Jackson's History of the Scottish Stage, 1793 Secret History of the Green Rooms, 1790 Genest's History of the Stage, 1832 Boaden's Life of John Philip Kemble, 1825 Irish male stage actors 1803 deaths 18th-century Irish male actors Year of birth unknown Irish emigrants to Great Britain