The Stage: Both Before and Behind the Curtain, from "observations Taken on the Spot", Volumes 1-3Richard Bentley, 1840 - Theater |
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... occasion . 6 " It is stated to me , that although it was universally understood , and agreed to last year , That no greater restrictions ought to be placed upon theatrical enter- tainments during Lent within the City of West- minster ...
... occasion . 6 " It is stated to me , that although it was universally understood , and agreed to last year , That no greater restrictions ought to be placed upon theatrical enter- tainments during Lent within the City of West- minster ...
Page 6
... occasion , as Grimaldi states he did upon 66 every other in which he was concerned , with great " liberality ; " and to this admission the aforesaid editor condescends to append the following note : - " In " another part of the data ...
... occasion , as Grimaldi states he did upon 66 every other in which he was concerned , with great " liberality ; " and to this admission the aforesaid editor condescends to append the following note : - " In " another part of the data ...
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... occasions been invented and circulated , and such erroneous impressions have thereby been imbibed , that having come in for rather more than my due share of flagellation , I have thought it necessary at last to respond to it . The ...
... occasions been invented and circulated , and such erroneous impressions have thereby been imbibed , that having come in for rather more than my due share of flagellation , I have thought it necessary at last to respond to it . The ...
Page 55
... occasion he shall be allowed the choice of any performers engaged in either Covent Garden or Drury Lane theatres , " on paying the charges of 2101. — to have that benefit early , and a " choice of night . ” — SELF !!! 66 " That said ...
... occasion he shall be allowed the choice of any performers engaged in either Covent Garden or Drury Lane theatres , " on paying the charges of 2101. — to have that benefit early , and a " choice of night . ” — SELF !!! 66 " That said ...
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... occasion hereafter to enter more fully into the character of Madame Malibran , and desirable as it is not to en- cumber this work with unnecessary correspondence , I cannot deny myself the gratification of introducing here two from ...
... occasion hereafter to enter more fully into the character of Madame Malibran , and desirable as it is not to en- cumber this work with unnecessary correspondence , I cannot deny myself the gratification of introducing here two from ...
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