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
... servant , THOMAS DUNCOMBE . " To the Earl of Uxbridge , & c . " SIR , " Windsor Castle , Feb. 13 , 1840 . " In answer to your letter , which I had the honour of receiving last week , on the subject of the Theatres being closed during ...
... servant , THOMAS DUNCOMBE . " To the Earl of Uxbridge , & c . " SIR , " Windsor Castle , Feb. 13 , 1840 . " In answer to your letter , which I had the honour of receiving last week , on the subject of the Theatres being closed during ...
Page xxi
... servant , John Hughes ( whilome the factotum of the gifted Kean , and Secretary to the Drury Lane Theatrical Fund ) has gone , as I heard one of the world's wags say , to give an account of that fund to Garrick , the founder . To these ...
... servant , John Hughes ( whilome the factotum of the gifted Kean , and Secretary to the Drury Lane Theatrical Fund ) has gone , as I heard one of the world's wags say , to give an account of that fund to Garrick , the founder . To these ...
Page 52
... consequently their livelihood has sprung- THE PERFORMERS ! Her Majesty's dominions do not contain a funnier set of people than actors , a great portion of whom are styled , by courtesy , Her Majesty's servants . Their 52.
... consequently their livelihood has sprung- THE PERFORMERS ! Her Majesty's dominions do not contain a funnier set of people than actors , a great portion of whom are styled , by courtesy , Her Majesty's servants . Their 52.
Page 53
... servants . Their avocation , to be sure , is drollery , and if it were con- fined to its proper place — the stage - we should have no cause of complaint ; but that is the very last place where they seek to be amusing . If a man who has ...
... servants . Their avocation , to be sure , is drollery , and if it were con- fined to its proper place — the stage - we should have no cause of complaint ; but that is the very last place where they seek to be amusing . If a man who has ...
Page 103
... servant , GEORGE COLMAN . ' " To Alfred Bunn , Esq . & c . & c . & c . " will ever be marked The May of this season amongst the mournful kalends of the theatrical pro- fession , as the month in which Mr. Kean departed from this " vale ...
... servant , GEORGE COLMAN . ' " To Alfred Bunn , Esq . & c . & c . & c . " will ever be marked The May of this season amongst the mournful kalends of the theatrical pro- fession , as the month in which Mr. Kean departed from this " vale ...
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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