The Stage: Both Before and Behind the Curtain: From "observations Taken on the Spot.", Volume 2R. Bentley, 1840 - Theater |
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... tion 628 , ) " whether he thought the price of admission " could not be lowered a great deal ? " — And he re- plied , I do not think it could , so as to give that " perfection of performance which you are now in " the habit of ...
... tion 628 , ) " whether he thought the price of admission " could not be lowered a great deal ? " — And he re- plied , I do not think it could , so as to give that " perfection of performance which you are now in " the habit of ...
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... tion 611 , ) when asked , " Is a minor theatre able to 66 give a larger salary to an eminent performer than a larger theatre ? " his response was , " It may for 66 a moment , for the sake of opposition . A man " having no capital ...
... tion 611 , ) when asked , " Is a minor theatre able to 66 give a larger salary to an eminent performer than a larger theatre ? " his response was , " It may for 66 a moment , for the sake of opposition . A man " having no capital ...
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... tion , there cannot be a much better opportunity selected for the entertainment of a question much agitated at this time , and one that has created considerable contro- versy . Whenever a piece becomes sufficiently attrac- tive to be ...
... tion , there cannot be a much better opportunity selected for the entertainment of a question much agitated at this time , and one that has created considerable contro- versy . Whenever a piece becomes sufficiently attrac- tive to be ...
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... tion , no judgment , no taste left ? or what does it mean ? Why , it means neither more nor less than this , that until the stage is in possession of genuine talent , of performers whose minds are of that high order , which will first ...
... tion , no judgment , no taste left ? or what does it mean ? Why , it means neither more nor less than this , that until the stage is in possession of genuine talent , of performers whose minds are of that high order , which will first ...
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... tion which led him to such selections . The publica- tion , however , at this period of some noble dramas from the pen of Miss Baillie , which had not hitherto met the public eye , and which imparted an additional lustre to the halo ...
... tion which led him to such selections . The publica- tion , however , at this period of some noble dramas from the pen of Miss Baillie , which had not hitherto met the public eye , and which imparted an additional lustre to the halo ...
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