The Stage: Both Before and Behind the Curtain: From "observations Taken on the Spot.", Volume 2R. Bentley, 1840 - Theater |
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... " I do not believe we should " have one person more in the theatre if we did !!! ” With all this evidence lingering on his memory , as 4 MR . KEMBLE'S THEORY the result of his judgment B 2 CONSEQUENT REDUCTION OF CHARACTER . 3.
... " I do not believe we should " have one person more in the theatre if we did !!! ” With all this evidence lingering on his memory , as 4 MR . KEMBLE'S THEORY the result of his judgment B 2 CONSEQUENT REDUCTION OF CHARACTER . 3.
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... salary . This inconsistency between conduct and opinion in a person of Mr. Charles Kemble's talents and sta- tion in his profession , was calculated to effect a con- siderable alteration in the aspect of theatrical affairs , and.
... salary . This inconsistency between conduct and opinion in a person of Mr. Charles Kemble's talents and sta- tion in his profession , was calculated to effect a con- siderable alteration in the aspect of theatrical affairs , and.
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... person more into the theatre was fully borne out in the longrun , and con- sequently the establishment had all the disgrace , without any of the advantages , of the speculation . It was an undertaking based in error , and not altogether ...
... person more into the theatre was fully borne out in the longrun , and con- sequently the establishment had all the disgrace , without any of the advantages , of the speculation . It was an undertaking based in error , and not altogether ...
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... persons enjoying a free ad- mission , whether by gift or purchase , on the score of a want of variety in the amusements they are thus privileged to see . Post after post brought me , at the period in question , anonymous letters to this ...
... persons enjoying a free ad- mission , whether by gift or purchase , on the score of a want of variety in the amusements they are thus privileged to see . Post after post brought me , at the period in question , anonymous letters to this ...
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... are not re- duced to the level of other persons ' ideas , rather than their own . It is melancholy to reflect upon the vicissitudes to which the dramatic literature of the country is sub- ject . Any man in the direction of a national.
... are not re- duced to the level of other persons ' ideas , rather than their own . It is melancholy to reflect upon the vicissitudes to which the dramatic literature of the country is sub- ject . Any man in the direction of a national.
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