The Stage: Both Before and Behind the Curtain: From "observations Taken on the Spot.", Volume 1R. Bentley, 1840 - Theater |
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... Farren , I have not said more than I should have wished him to say of me , had our positions been reversed ; my observations having re- ference solely to what I consider to be the high and ruinous nature of his remuneration ; beyond ...
... Farren , I have not said more than I should have wished him to say of me , had our positions been reversed ; my observations having re- ference solely to what I consider to be the high and ruinous nature of his remuneration ; beyond ...
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... Farren , Dowton , Power , Macready , Cooper , Harley , Miss E. Tree , and others , by which representation a nightly loss of 1007 . has been incurred ; yet I have seen more than one of these worthy personages enact on a smaller stage ...
... Farren , Dowton , Power , Macready , Cooper , Harley , Miss E. Tree , and others , by which representation a nightly loss of 1007 . has been incurred ; yet I have seen more than one of these worthy personages enact on a smaller stage ...
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... Farren , Liston , Power , George Cooke , John Kemble , Mrs. Jordan - Different notions of comfort - Actors the destruction of dramatic literature - Knowles - Bulwer - Colman— Inchbald - Morton - Reynolds , & c . HAVING adduced , in ...
... Farren , Liston , Power , George Cooke , John Kemble , Mrs. Jordan - Different notions of comfort - Actors the destruction of dramatic literature - Knowles - Bulwer - Colman— Inchbald - Morton - Reynolds , & c . HAVING adduced , in ...
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... Farren , of Brompton Square . " 6 " That said Alfred Bunn shall engage said William Farren , to per- " form at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane [ not BOTH theatres , mark ye ! ] " from 1st October next , to the 30th June , 1835 . " - SELF ...
... Farren , of Brompton Square . " 6 " That said Alfred Bunn shall engage said William Farren , to per- " form at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane [ not BOTH theatres , mark ye ! ] " from 1st October next , to the 30th June , 1835 . " - SELF ...
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... Farren . " [ So Dowton , and other actors of eminence , were never to appear before the public in any of their favourite characters . ] - SELF !!!!!! " That said William Farren shall have leave of absence on such and such days ...
... Farren . " [ So Dowton , and other actors of eminence , were never to appear before the public in any of their favourite characters . ] - SELF !!!!!! " That said William Farren shall have leave of absence on such and such days ...
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