The Stage: Both Before and Behind the Curtain, from "observations Taken on the Spot", Volumes 1-3Richard Bentley, 1840 - Theater |
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Page xiii
... Macready had thereby been buried , " others regretted that his first retirement was not his final one ; -and while the Mon- tagues declared that he acted finer than ever , the Capu- lets looked upon him as having gone altogether to ...
... Macready had thereby been buried , " others regretted that his first retirement was not his final one ; -and while the Mon- tagues declared that he acted finer than ever , the Capu- lets looked upon him as having gone altogether to ...
Page xiv
... Macready failed to attract much more than half a house at the Haymar- ket , Hamlet by Mr. Charles Kemble filled Covent Gar- den Theatre to overflowing . This is a circumstance which redounds to the honor and renown of Mr. Charles Kemble ...
... Macready failed to attract much more than half a house at the Haymar- ket , Hamlet by Mr. Charles Kemble filled Covent Gar- den Theatre to overflowing . This is a circumstance which redounds to the honor and renown of Mr. Charles Kemble ...
Page xv
... Macready's two seasons ; and I have moreover heard , which I sincerely trust is not true , that notwith- standing such great receipts , she has lost considerably . That she has suffered some loss admits of no dispute , for she honestly ...
... Macready's two seasons ; and I have moreover heard , which I sincerely trust is not true , that notwith- standing such great receipts , she has lost considerably . That she has suffered some loss admits of no dispute , for she honestly ...
Page xxxiii
... Macready's Shaksperian language - Madame Malibran's mind defined in her correspondence - Mr . Hackett and Mr. George Colman - Mr . Dowton's opinion of American editions of English plays — Mr . Kean's death , and his last appearance ...
... Macready's Shaksperian language - Madame Malibran's mind defined in her correspondence - Mr . Hackett and Mr. George Colman - Mr . Dowton's opinion of American editions of English plays — Mr . Kean's death , and his last appearance ...
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... Macready mummeries so absurdly eulogised since , as one thing can be beyond another . It is a general impression that Mr. C. Kemble's management would have been accompanied by far greater success , had he been satisfied with confining ...
... Macready mummeries so absurdly eulogised since , as one thing can be beyond another . It is a general impression that Mr. C. Kemble's management would have been accompanied by far greater success , had he been satisfied with confining ...
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