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 vii
... paid so much money , has been accomplished- the abolition of the absurd restrictions , during Lent , placed upon theatres within the jurisdiction of the Lord Chamberlain . Letters not a year old , with documents and controversies of the ...
... paid so much money , has been accomplished- the abolition of the absurd restrictions , during Lent , placed upon theatres within the jurisdiction of the Lord Chamberlain . Letters not a year old , with documents and controversies of the ...
Page xxxvi
... paid for it - Charles Kemble's opinion of the Lord Chamberlain's powers - A surviving re- gicide - Deaths of Bellini , and Isaac Pocock , & c . Page 221 66 CHAPTER XII . Repeal of the Union " carried - State of the dramatic world ...
... paid for it - Charles Kemble's opinion of the Lord Chamberlain's powers - A surviving re- gicide - Deaths of Bellini , and Isaac Pocock , & c . Page 221 66 CHAPTER XII . Repeal of the Union " carried - State of the dramatic world ...
Page 35
... be maintained for one moment . If some thousands , arising out of a liberal sub- scription , are paid by a director to some half dozen 36 ADVANTAGES POSSESSED performers whom the calls of fashion require BY THE FOREIGN STAGE . 35.
... be maintained for one moment . If some thousands , arising out of a liberal sub- scription , are paid by a director to some half dozen 36 ADVANTAGES POSSESSED performers whom the calls of fashion require BY THE FOREIGN STAGE . 35.
Page 39
... paid . " Yet this performer is no better , and no more attractive in that " little go , " with its low prices , than when playing in either of the patent houses , at their former scale of ad- mission . 40 ADVANTAGES POSSESSED ly ...
... paid . " Yet this performer is no better , and no more attractive in that " little go , " with its low prices , than when playing in either of the patent houses , at their former scale of ad- mission . 40 ADVANTAGES POSSESSED ly ...
Page 49
... paid the 78 . Look at another result of this state of things . The lessee of a minor theatre , having very small salaries to pay to the bulk of his company , can easily afford to give a thumping one to some two or three self - styled ...
... paid the 78 . Look at another result of this state of things . The lessee of a minor theatre , having very small salaries to pay to the bulk of his company , can easily afford to give a thumping one to some two or three self - styled ...
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