The Stage: Both Before and Behind the Curtain: From "observations Taken on the Spot.", Volume 2R. Bentley, 1840 - Theater |
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... whole arrangement was conducted , that no idea of an engagement had ever been entertained , the doctors differed as usual- Doctor O'Toole contending that he played for an en- gagement , and by playing was entitled to one , and Doctor ...
... whole arrangement was conducted , that no idea of an engagement had ever been entertained , the doctors differed as usual- Doctor O'Toole contending that he played for an en- gagement , and by playing was entitled to one , and Doctor ...
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... whole season would have come to . " The pleasures of management , " in three volumes octavo , could be soon filled up at this rate . A slight reference having been made to the pro- duction of the Provost of Bruges and its attrac- tion ...
... whole season would have come to . " The pleasures of management , " in three volumes octavo , could be soon filled up at this rate . A slight reference having been made to the pro- duction of the Provost of Bruges and its attrac- tion ...
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... whole corps - de - ballet would be required , and " the masquerade dresses of Gustavus . No expense , saving the author , " who cannot afford to be damned this time . To give an idea of the " outré nature of this piece , the whole ...
... whole corps - de - ballet would be required , and " the masquerade dresses of Gustavus . No expense , saving the author , " who cannot afford to be damned this time . To give an idea of the " outré nature of this piece , the whole ...
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... whole one ) was another - his going down to Bristol without a * This was doubly so ; because , at his examination before the Committee of the House of Commons , Mr. Macready delivered his opinion after the following fashion ...
... whole one ) was another - his going down to Bristol without a * This was doubly so ; because , at his examination before the Committee of the House of Commons , Mr. Macready delivered his opinion after the following fashion ...
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... whole stage laid out with intersecting 66 trees , had a very pretty effect . Male and female " citizens , soldiers , & c . , are discovered carousing . " The chorus , ' Drink , boys , drink , ' is spirited , and " introduces a cavatina ...
... whole stage laid out with intersecting 66 trees , had a very pretty effect . Male and female " citizens , soldiers , & c . , are discovered carousing . " The chorus , ' Drink , boys , drink , ' is spirited , and " introduces a cavatina ...
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