The Stage: Both Before and Behind the Curtain: From "observations Taken on the Spot.", Volume 1R. Bentley, 1840 - Theater |
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... success it deserves , I feel certain " that the liberality of disposition I have spoken of " will be displayed in a commensurate degree . ' 999 In reply to the " great deal that has been said " about , and indeed against , Mr. Bunn ...
... success it deserves , I feel certain " that the liberality of disposition I have spoken of " will be displayed in a commensurate degree . ' 999 In reply to the " great deal that has been said " about , and indeed against , Mr. Bunn ...
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... success , would have convinced Raymond - that he , the said Raymond , had too much salary . Whit- " bread wants us to assess the pit another sixpence- a d —————— d insidious proposition - which will end in an O.P. combustion . To crown ...
... success , would have convinced Raymond - that he , the said Raymond , had too much salary . Whit- " bread wants us to assess the pit another sixpence- a d —————— d insidious proposition - which will end in an O.P. combustion . To crown ...
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... success of this theatre . In 1817 , Mr. Henry Harris was instigated to assault Mr. Charles Kemble on the stage , for alleged heartless and irritating conduct ; —in 1822 Mr. Charles Kemble , as manager of Covent Garden theatre was ...
... success of this theatre . In 1817 , Mr. Henry Harris was instigated to assault Mr. Charles Kemble on the stage , for alleged heartless and irritating conduct ; —in 1822 Mr. Charles Kemble , as manager of Covent Garden theatre was ...
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... success ; and that they have failed to do so is , in my humble opinion , attributable to any other cause than their want of capability . The first instance I will advance , shall be that of my late lamented friend , Mr. Henry Harris ...
... success ; and that they have failed to do so is , in my humble opinion , attributable to any other cause than their want of capability . The first instance I will advance , shall be that of my late lamented friend , Mr. Henry Harris ...
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... been accompanied by far greater success , had he been satisfied with confining himself to that range of business , allotted to him by his predecessor , in which he never had an equal ; but in aspiring to be greater , he MR . C. KEMBLE . 17.
... been accompanied by far greater success , had he been satisfied with confining himself to that range of business , allotted to him by his predecessor , in which he never had an equal ; but in aspiring to be greater , he MR . C. KEMBLE . 17.
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