The Stage: Both Before and Behind the Curtain: From "observations Taken on the Spot.", Volume 2R. Bentley, 1840 - Theater |
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Page 66
... considered , we question " whether any idea of the extent of her talents " could come up to the fearfulness and appalling " fidelity of her acting in this scene of solitude and " desolation . JULES , the lover , wounded by the sen ...
... considered , we question " whether any idea of the extent of her talents " could come up to the fearfulness and appalling " fidelity of her acting in this scene of solitude and " desolation . JULES , the lover , wounded by the sen ...
Page 74
... considered a very fine speech , when Mr. Bunn exclaimed , " Don't give them any of that rubbish , but tell them what they would much rather hear , that I have engaged Malibran for eight nights more . ' . " The people roared with delight ...
... considered a very fine speech , when Mr. Bunn exclaimed , " Don't give them any of that rubbish , but tell them what they would much rather hear , that I have engaged Malibran for eight nights more . ' . " The people roared with delight ...
Page 81
... " any recital of my own situation ; but I may be , perhaps , permitted to offer a few remarks on what may be considered to have led to it . 66 66 82 66 STATE OF THE DRAMA . " The principal E 5 DRURY LANE THEATRE . 81.
... " any recital of my own situation ; but I may be , perhaps , permitted to offer a few remarks on what may be considered to have led to it . 66 66 82 66 STATE OF THE DRAMA . " The principal E 5 DRURY LANE THEATRE . 81.
Page 110
... considered as a judicial court of in- quiry ; but if , in their investigations , they had been convinced that there was ground for such a charge , they should have thought it their duty to have had the charge legally inquired into . It ...
... considered as a judicial court of in- quiry ; but if , in their investigations , they had been convinced that there was ground for such a charge , they should have thought it their duty to have had the charge legally inquired into . It ...
Page 127
... considered in every respect a dirty personage ; and if you do pay them , at however high a price , you get no credit for it . You have the gratification certainly of receiving company in a splendid mansion , but you also have the ...
... considered in every respect a dirty personage ; and if you do pay them , at however high a price , you get no credit for it . You have the gratification certainly of receiving company in a splendid mansion , but you also have the ...
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Act of Parliament actor admirable Alfred Bunn amongst announced appear audience Bardsley Bartley Bulwer character Charles Kean Charles Kemble circumstances Colman committee Covent Garden Theatre DEAR SIR death Ditto drama Drury Lane Theatre duty Elliston engagement entertainment examiner of plays farce favour feeling fees Fidelio Forrest genius gentlemen give honour Isoline Jules Kean La Sonnambula labour lessee letter license London Lord Chamberlain lordship Macready Macready's Madame Malibran Mademoiselle Maid of Artois Majesty Malibran de Beriot manager ment Monsieur de Beriot morning never night nightly average novelty obedient servant occasion opinion pantomime party patent theatres performance person piece possessed present produced proprietors reader receipt received reply respect Royal Drury Lane scene season sent Serjeant Talfourd Shakspeare Shakspeare's sing song Sonnambula stage subjoined Taglioni talent Theatre Royal Drury theatrical tion Tipperary tragedy wish