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 iv
... circumstances in connection with them , detailed in these Volumes , with the result exemplified in the preface , he will , at least , be " perplexed in the extreme , " to use no stronger term . It is a matter of great gratifica- tion to ...
... circumstances in connection with them , detailed in these Volumes , with the result exemplified in the preface , he will , at least , be " perplexed in the extreme , " to use no stronger term . It is a matter of great gratifica- tion to ...
Page vii
... circumstance to which I would direct particular attention , indeed the great object which I struggled so long and so hard to attain , and for the attainment of which I devoted so much time and paid so much money , has been accomplished ...
... circumstance to which I would direct particular attention , indeed the great object which I struggled so long and so hard to attain , and for the attainment of which I devoted so much time and paid so much money , has been accomplished ...
Page xiv
... circumstance which redounds to the honor and renown of Mr. Charles Kemble ; and another is , that in a determination ... circumstances , of making money , or rather barely avoiding ruin , by the 99 management of the patent theatres , and ...
... circumstance which redounds to the honor and renown of Mr. Charles Kemble ; and another is , that in a determination ... circumstances , of making money , or rather barely avoiding ruin , by the 99 management of the patent theatres , and ...
Page xx
... circumstances , more painful than all the rest , have rendered a proem to the following pages abso- lutely necessary ; for since the completion of the major part of them , several melancholy deaths have occurred— of those same ...
... circumstances , more painful than all the rest , have rendered a proem to the following pages abso- lutely necessary ; for since the completion of the major part of them , several melancholy deaths have occurred— of those same ...
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... circumstances - The article of engage- ment of a leading actor , and its mutual advantages -- Conse- quences of befriending a performer - James Smith and the Zoological Gardens - Horses and Actors , managed by old Astley - Cox versus ...
... circumstances - The article of engage- ment of a leading actor , and its mutual advantages -- Conse- quences of befriending a performer - James Smith and the Zoological Gardens - Horses and Actors , managed by old Astley - Cox versus ...
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