The Stage: Both Before and Behind the Curtain: From "observations Taken on the Spot.", Volume 1R. Bentley, 1840 - Theater |
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... establishment , such a result is to be ascribed to his own indefatigability and tact . I was indebted to Mr. Elliston for acts of kindness , hours of social delight , and scenes that made them happy - I may have imbibed , and acted upon ...
... establishment , such a result is to be ascribed to his own indefatigability and tact . I was indebted to Mr. Elliston for acts of kindness , hours of social delight , and scenes that made them happy - I may have imbibed , and acted upon ...
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... establishment . Mr. Elliston broke through both these understandings ; first , by employing Mr. Liston , and then by bringing him forward in Guy Mannering , Rob Roy , & c . , & c . , dramas comsidered , by purchase and general outlay on ...
... establishment . Mr. Elliston broke through both these understandings ; first , by employing Mr. Liston , and then by bringing him forward in Guy Mannering , Rob Roy , & c . , & c . , dramas comsidered , by purchase and general outlay on ...
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... establishments , it is not through any love of the art or pro- fession practised within them , but from extraneous excitement held out to us as a temptation to enter them . We contribute nothing to the advancement of the drama , beyond ...
... establishments , it is not through any love of the art or pro- fession practised within them , but from extraneous excitement held out to us as a temptation to enter them . We contribute nothing to the advancement of the drama , beyond ...
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... establishment , -the true and only method of adequately sustaining the art . If , by the attraction of an individual , the public enables a manager to meet the exorbitant de- mands of that individual , it is not to be maintained that ...
... establishment , -the true and only method of adequately sustaining the art . If , by the attraction of an individual , the public enables a manager to meet the exorbitant de- mands of that individual , it is not to be maintained that ...
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... establishments , all of which appear to have a specific audience of their own : and certainly it has not bet- tered the condition of the experimentalists . Nothing but stern necessity , BASED UPON THE OPINIONS OF OTHER PEOPLE , should ...
... establishments , all of which appear to have a specific audience of their own : and certainly it has not bet- tered the condition of the experimentalists . Nothing but stern necessity , BASED UPON THE OPINIONS OF OTHER PEOPLE , should ...
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