The Stage: Both Before and Behind the Curtain: From "observations Taken on the Spot.", Volume 2R. Bentley, 1840 - Theater |
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... royal visit - The valuable contents of one house , and the valueless contents of another - Gar- rick and Mrs. Piozzi ... theatre read du theatre . 151 , 14 - line from bottom , for In this read In such . 166 , penultimate line , for work ...
... royal visit - The valuable contents of one house , and the valueless contents of another - Gar- rick and Mrs. Piozzi ... theatre read du theatre . 151 , 14 - line from bottom , for In this read In such . 166 , penultimate line , for work ...
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... Theatre Royal Penzance , " or " Mrs. That , from the Theatre Royal , Tadcaster ? " It is only part and parcel of the system upon which performers in this country generally act , and whose course of conduct will eventually shut up all ...
... Theatre Royal Penzance , " or " Mrs. That , from the Theatre Royal , Tadcaster ? " It is only part and parcel of the system upon which performers in this country generally act , and whose course of conduct will eventually shut up all ...
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... theatre , led to its being advertised to be let ; and as the cir- cumstances attending it were so peculiar , it is as well to insert a copy of the identical advertisement : 66 " Theatre Royal Drury Lane , June 23 , 1836. The existing ...
... theatre , led to its being advertised to be let ; and as the cir- cumstances attending it were so peculiar , it is as well to insert a copy of the identical advertisement : 66 " Theatre Royal Drury Lane , June 23 , 1836. The existing ...
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... Theatre Royal Drury Lane , or Thea- " tre Royal Covent Garden , for the month of June , " to perform three times per week , for the sum of 66 1,000l . sterling , on the conditions of her previous engagement ; except that she is at ...
... Theatre Royal Drury Lane , or Thea- " tre Royal Covent Garden , for the month of June , " to perform three times per week , for the sum of 66 1,000l . sterling , on the conditions of her previous engagement ; except that she is at ...
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... Theatres Royal labours , is the heavy tax of beautifying the interior of the building - a tax that was at this time doubly onerous , from the dirty state of the rival house : and the worst part of this duty is , that all the " golden ...
... Theatres Royal labours , is the heavy tax of beautifying the interior of the building - a tax that was at this time doubly onerous , from the dirty state of the rival house : and the worst part of this duty is , that all the " golden ...
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