The Stage: Both Before and Behind the Curtain, from "observations Taken on the Spot", Volumes 1-3Richard Bentley, 1840 - Theater |
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... drama ought to be acted . While some parties main- tained that he had been " dug up , ” and Macready had thereby been buried , " others regretted that his first retirement was not his final one ; -and while the Mon- tagues declared that ...
... drama ought to be acted . While some parties main- tained that he had been " dug up , ” and Macready had thereby been buried , " others regretted that his first retirement was not his final one ; -and while the Mon- tagues declared that ...
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... Drama , more particularly in its connection with the Theatres Royal Drury Lane and Covent Garden , that it appears ... dramatic intelligence purveyed by observers on the one side , and the theoretical notions entertained by speculators ...
... Drama , more particularly in its connection with the Theatres Royal Drury Lane and Covent Garden , that it appears ... dramatic intelligence purveyed by observers on the one side , and the theoretical notions entertained by speculators ...
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... Drama nor the property were benefited one iota by these exertions , and the only one who did profit thereby , was - Mr . Charles Kemble ; who , after the receipt of very profitable engagements in this country , went to America with his ...
... Drama nor the property were benefited one iota by these exertions , and the only one who did profit thereby , was - Mr . Charles Kemble ; who , after the receipt of very profitable engagements in this country , went to America with his ...
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... drama , and his treasury in connection with it . Mr. Elliston gave me my first appointment , as stage manager of Drury Lane theatre , in the year 1823 ; and in stating that season to be the most brilliant one ever known in this ...
... drama , and his treasury in connection with it . Mr. Elliston gave me my first appointment , as stage manager of Drury Lane theatre , in the year 1823 ; and in stating that season to be the most brilliant one ever known in this ...
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... drama , and being equally good , or bad as it may be , in one part as in another , they might be applied to in all times of difficulty ; and from having a quick study in learning , and laying claim to the almost greater advantage of not ...
... drama , and being equally good , or bad as it may be , in one part as in another , they might be applied to in all times of difficulty ; and from having a quick study in learning , and laying claim to the almost greater advantage of not ...
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