The Stage: Both Before and Behind the Curtain: From "observations Taken on the Spot.", Volume 1R. Bentley, 1840 - Theater |
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... considered the most im- portant part of such communication - the preface to a book is looked upon in the same light . The matter contained in the pages which these remarks precede , would not have required any elucidation of this nature ...
... considered the most im- portant part of such communication - the preface to a book is looked upon in the same light . The matter contained in the pages which these remarks precede , would not have required any elucidation of this nature ...
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... considered , as the Rev. Mr. Plum- tree * has it , " respectable till I took a turn for the stage " that by some I am considered rather good 66 The departed divine immortalised by George Colman's celebrated lines , beginning " There was ...
... considered , as the Rev. Mr. Plum- tree * has it , " respectable till I took a turn for the stage " that by some I am considered rather good 66 The departed divine immortalised by George Colman's celebrated lines , beginning " There was ...
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... , on the ground of his being a contractor , gave rise to the following clever jeu d'esprit , told me at the time , without the name of the author : - VOL . I. Mr. Price may be considered by his detractors as not MR . PRICE . 25.
... , on the ground of his being a contractor , gave rise to the following clever jeu d'esprit , told me at the time , without the name of the author : - VOL . I. Mr. Price may be considered by his detractors as not MR . PRICE . 25.
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... considered by his detractors as not having had a general knowledge of the London Stage , or a sufficient intimacy with the peculiarities of a Lon- don audience ; yet it must be admitted that his ma- nagement was characterised by spirit ...
... considered by his detractors as not having had a general knowledge of the London Stage , or a sufficient intimacy with the peculiarities of a Lon- don audience ; yet it must be admitted that his ma- nagement was characterised by spirit ...
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... considered , by some people , public property It Lord Stanley ( for the safety of whose son Richmond is naturally anxious ) THUS , on his entry after the issue of the battle : - ELLISTON ( as Richmond ) . Your son , George Stanley , is ...
... considered , by some people , public property It Lord Stanley ( for the safety of whose son Richmond is naturally anxious ) THUS , on his entry after the issue of the battle : - ELLISTON ( as Richmond ) . Your son , George Stanley , is ...
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