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 xiii
... possessed the very useful and salutary one of bringing other performers to their Covent Garden Theatre . By virtue of these said eleven nights in Lent , and by the previous advantage of having opened in September , Madame Vestris has ...
... possessed the very useful and salutary one of bringing other performers to their Covent Garden Theatre . By virtue of these said eleven nights in Lent , and by the previous advantage of having opened in September , Madame Vestris has ...
Page xxi
... Mr. Const died in possession of a private box at Covent Garden Theatre , which , at his death , fell into the hands of the Proprietors , and his large xxii PREFACE . fortune the result of an honourable and PREFACE . xxi.
... Mr. Const died in possession of a private box at Covent Garden Theatre , which , at his death , fell into the hands of the Proprietors , and his large xxii PREFACE . fortune the result of an honourable and PREFACE . xxi.
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... possessed by the Foreign stage - Consequent cultiva- tion of the art - A few singers do not constitute an Opera -Difficulties under which the large theatres labour - Folly of reduced prices - Necessity of reduced salaries - Lord xxxii ...
... possessed by the Foreign stage - Consequent cultiva- tion of the art - A few singers do not constitute an Opera -Difficulties under which the large theatres labour - Folly of reduced prices - Necessity of reduced salaries - Lord xxxii ...
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... possessed some ex- traordinary qualifications , I should 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 ...
... possessed some ex- traordinary qualifications , I should 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 ...
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... possessed the necesssary qualifi- cations for his enterprise ; he was endowed with a sound understanding , an acute observation , a clear judgment , and great decision , together with the ( some- times fatal ) gift of an excellent heart ...
... possessed the necesssary qualifi- cations for his enterprise ; he was endowed with a sound understanding , an acute observation , a clear judgment , and great decision , together with the ( some- times fatal ) gift of an excellent heart ...
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