The Stage: Both Before and Behind the Curtain, from "observations Taken on the Spot", Volumes 1-3Richard Bentley, 1840 - Theater |
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... Paris CHAPTER VII . Mems . of a Manager during a Continental trip - Terms on which to meet a bad dramatist - French honour , and its reward - Opinions on the novelties of the day - Mademoiselle 107 xxxiv CONTENTS . Falcon and Madame ...
... Paris CHAPTER VII . Mems . of a Manager during a Continental trip - Terms on which to meet a bad dramatist - French honour , and its reward - Opinions on the novelties of the day - Mademoiselle 107 xxxiv CONTENTS . Falcon and Madame ...
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... Paris , the Académie Royale , the Théâtre Fran- çais , the Opéra Italien , and the Opéra Comique , have each an allowance from the government . The first receives no less a sum , per annum , than 800,000 francs ( 32,000l . ) and the ...
... Paris , the Académie Royale , the Théâtre Fran- çais , the Opéra Italien , and the Opéra Comique , have each an allowance from the government . The first receives no less a sum , per annum , than 800,000 francs ( 32,000l . ) and the ...
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... Paris , and you will ( or rather would till lately ) see Taglioni , the Elsslers , Duvernay , Noblet , Dupont , the secondary names of Pauline Leroux , Vagon , Fitz - James , Perrot , Mazillier , Montjoie , Carrés , & c . with numerous ...
... Paris , and you will ( or rather would till lately ) see Taglioni , the Elsslers , Duvernay , Noblet , Dupont , the secondary names of Pauline Leroux , Vagon , Fitz - James , Perrot , Mazillier , Montjoie , Carrés , & c . with numerous ...
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... Paris , thousands give a guinea , and seldom less than half - a - guinea , to be present at in London . That is fashion , not taste ; and so it is with our theatres . Make it the fashion , by any trickery or stratagem , to go to any ...
... Paris , thousands give a guinea , and seldom less than half - a - guinea , to be present at in London . That is fashion , not taste ; and so it is with our theatres . Make it the fashion , by any trickery or stratagem , to go to any ...
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... Paris . HAVING in the months of April and May , 1833 , made the necessary arrangements with the committee of Drury Lane , and the proprietors of Covent Garden theatre , the following address , as the first result of these arrangements ...
... Paris . HAVING in the months of April and May , 1833 , made the necessary arrangements with the committee of Drury Lane , and the proprietors of Covent Garden theatre , the following address , as the first result of these arrangements ...
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