The Stage: Both Before and Behind the Curtain, from "observations Taken on the Spot", Volumes 1-3Richard Bentley, 1840 - Theater |
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... never would have seen ; and as that contri- bution arrived at so ticklish a period of the season as that of Lent , it must have been doubly acceptable . Heaven forbid that , as an old manager , I should grudge Madame Vestris such a ...
... never would have seen ; and as that contri- bution arrived at so ticklish a period of the season as that of Lent , it must have been doubly acceptable . Heaven forbid that , as an old manager , I should grudge Madame Vestris such a ...
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... never be able to gain you as much . " The community at large owe an expression of deep regret for the death of this venerable gentleman , had he done nothing more for the public good than the introduction of such a performer to their ...
... never be able to gain you as much . " The community at large owe an expression of deep regret for the death of this venerable gentleman , had he done nothing more for the public good than the introduction of such a performer to their ...
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... never be drowned who is born to be hanged - Mr . Braham and his talent for anecdote- Opening of the patent theatres after their union - Free List -Some on it " more free than welcome " -John Barnett and John Bull - Musical genius ...
... never be drowned who is born to be hanged - Mr . Braham and his talent for anecdote- Opening of the patent theatres after their union - Free List -Some on it " more free than welcome " -John Barnett and John Bull - Musical genius ...
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... never enacted at all ! We two have been " authoritatively " informed , in the lodge of Warwick Castle , that a metal vessel shown there by the porter , holding about ONE HUNDRED GALLONS , contained , when full , the daily breakfast of ...
... never enacted at all ! We two have been " authoritatively " informed , in the lodge of Warwick Castle , that a metal vessel shown there by the porter , holding about ONE HUNDRED GALLONS , contained , when full , the daily breakfast of ...
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... never have pro- voked such extraordinary hostility . I have however felt the one , without finding out the other . The unprecedented circumstance of any person undertaking to manage the two National Theatres , at a time when no other ...
... never have pro- voked such extraordinary hostility . I have however felt the one , without finding out the other . The unprecedented circumstance of any person undertaking to manage the two National Theatres , at a time when no other ...
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