The Stage: Both Before and Behind the Curtain, from "observations Taken on the Spot", Volumes 1-3Richard Bentley, 1840 - Theater |
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... ment , retain one vestige of a system of bye - gone absurdities * . No one ever dreamt that the pro- hibitions fulminated year after year against the dramatic performances of only some half - dozen theatres out of twenty , all within ...
... ment , retain one vestige of a system of bye - gone absurdities * . No one ever dreamt that the pro- hibitions fulminated year after year against the dramatic performances of only some half - dozen theatres out of twenty , all within ...
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... ment of such promise . As the introduction of all such expensive expedients as Mr. Bunn had resorted to was voted quite out of the question , and as the sole reliance was to be placed on a good , and not too expen- sive , a working ...
... ment of such promise . As the introduction of all such expensive expedients as Mr. Bunn had resorted to was voted quite out of the question , and as the sole reliance was to be placed on a good , and not too expen- sive , a working ...
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... ment under different 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 ...
... ment under different 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 ...
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... ment or personal annoyance shall in no instance take precedence of experience , or matters of fact . Of that little article " disappointment , " I do not feel a sensa- tion , being vain enough to think that I have con- ducted ...
... ment or personal annoyance shall in no instance take precedence of experience , or matters of fact . Of that little article " disappointment , " I do not feel a sensa- tion , being vain enough to think that I have con- ducted ...
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... ment , of a crowded auditory , this deponent sayeth not ; but , certes , they never " made their appearance on that stage . " Mr. Elliston per- suaded his landlord , a man much respected in Worcester , to issue his fiat against any such ...
... ment , of a crowded auditory , this deponent sayeth not ; but , certes , they never " made their appearance on that stage . " Mr. Elliston per- suaded his landlord , a man much respected in Worcester , to issue his fiat against any such ...
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