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 ix
... parties ex- pressing such fears , that I felt confident their appre- hensions were unfounded . " Your Lordship would , however , confer a great favour upon those who originally did me the honour to place their cause in my hands , if ...
... parties ex- pressing such fears , that I felt confident their appre- hensions were unfounded . " Your Lordship would , however , confer a great favour upon those who originally did me the honour to place their cause in my hands , if ...
Page xiii
... 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 he acted finer than ever , the Capu ...
... 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 he acted finer than ever , the Capu ...
Page xix
... parties who assailed me . The howl about legitimacy , so fully commented upon in the ensuing pages will , I suppose , soon cease to be heard . It is dying in the distance daily ; for while the miserable pretence of plays " from the text ...
... parties who assailed me . The howl about legitimacy , so fully commented upon in the ensuing pages will , I suppose , soon cease to be heard . It is dying in the distance daily ; for while the miserable pretence of plays " from the text ...
Page 52
... parties who should sustain , not depress , the source from which their reputation and consequently their livelihood has sprung- THE PERFORMERS ! Her Majesty's dominions do not contain a funnier set of people than actors , a great ...
... parties who should sustain , not depress , the source from which their reputation and consequently their livelihood has sprung- THE PERFORMERS ! Her Majesty's dominions do not contain a funnier set of people than actors , a great ...
Page 56
... parties , bind them- " selves each to the other for the performance of this agreement " in the sum of 1,000l . , as agreed and liquidated damages . " - Self , SELF , SELF , multiplied through every variety ! N. B. The reader shall have ...
... parties , bind them- " selves each to the other for the performance of this agreement " in the sum of 1,000l . , as agreed and liquidated damages . " - Self , SELF , SELF , multiplied through every variety ! N. B. The reader shall have ...
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actor admission Alfred Bunn amongst amusement appear attraction Beriot Braham Bulwer character Charles Kemble circumstances Colman Covent Garden theatre DEAR SIR drama Drury Lane theatre Ducrow Elliston engagement entertainment favour feelings Garrick Garrick Club genius gentleman George give Harris honour humble instance Kean Kean's Kemble played King Knowles Lane and Covent lessee letter licence Liston London Lord Byron Lord Chamberlain lordship Macready Macready's Madame Malibran Maid of Artois Majesty Majesty's manager MARDYN Marquis matter ment Messrs Monsieur never night nightly noble obedient servant occasion opera opinion Paris parties patent theatres performers persons petitioner piece possession present principal profession proprietors reader receipt received reply respect Royal Drury Lane salary scene season Serjeant Talfourd Shakspeare stage success talent Theatre Royal Drury theatrical Thomas Killigrew tion tragedy W. C. Macready week William Farren Your's