The Stage: Both Before and Behind the Curtain, from "observations Taken on the Spot", Volumes 1-3Richard Bentley, 1840 - Theater |
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... none of her predecessors ever had the good fortune • It is impossible to withhold a smile at the nonsensical tirades which have appeared in print against the supposed premature close of to meet with . Mr. Charles Kemble , who ,
... none of her predecessors ever had the good fortune • It is impossible to withhold a smile at the nonsensical tirades which have appeared in print against the supposed premature close of to meet with . Mr. Charles Kemble , who ,
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... Kemble , who , theatrically speaking , was inurned in the year 1837 - to whom a public dinner , all sorts of honors , and , finally , a superb piece of plate , were given on his retirement from the stage , to take upon himself the ...
... Kemble , who , theatrically speaking , was inurned in the year 1837 - to whom a public dinner , all sorts of honors , and , finally , a superb piece of plate , were given on his retirement from the stage , to take upon himself the ...
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... Kemble ; and another is , that in a determination that his performance should be solidly useful to the lessee of a ... Kemble's re - appearance must have contributed at least FIFTEEN HUNDRED POUNDS to the treasury of the theatre , which ...
... Kemble ; and another is , that in a determination that his performance should be solidly useful to the lessee of a ... Kemble's re - appearance must have contributed at least FIFTEEN HUNDRED POUNDS to the treasury of the theatre , which ...
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... Kemble " and Mrs. Siddons " ( not that either of them ever played in it ! ) " has been turned into THE SHILLING THEA- TRE ! " What the devil will Robins say now , when THE VERY ACT into which I was forced but for a short time as a ...
... Kemble " and Mrs. Siddons " ( not that either of them ever played in it ! ) " has been turned into THE SHILLING THEA- TRE ! " What the devil will Robins say now , when THE VERY ACT into which I was forced but for a short time as a ...
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... Kemble — Mr . Elliston - King George and King Robert - Break up of the old understanding between the two Theatres - and its consequences - Mr. Price and Mr. Bish - A bad actor a bad bargain - The American Stage the ruin of the English ...
... Kemble — Mr . Elliston - King George and King Robert - Break up of the old understanding between the two Theatres - and its consequences - Mr. Price and Mr. Bish - A bad actor a bad bargain - The American Stage the ruin of the English ...
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