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THE STAGE:.
RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET,
Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty.
1840.
CYTILOKMI
LONDON:
PRINTED BY IBOTSON AND PALMER, SAVOY STREET.
CONTENTS
OF THE SECOND VOLUME.
CHAPTER I.
Reduction of prices, and consequent reduction of character-Differ-
ence of views taken in and out of Parliament-Mr. Kemble's the-
ory and practice opposed to one another-Mr. Farley-" Stars"
self-nominated-Olympic company superior to the Covent Garden
one-Cheap postage no benefit - Auber and Rodwell - Doctor
O'Toole and Doctor Yates-The Provost of Bruges-Mr. R. B.
Peake's frolics-Proposed illumination for the return of legitimacy
-Not enough money taken to pay for it-Miss Joanna Baillie and
Sir Walter Scott-Theatrical funds, and their annual dinners-
Tom Dibdin, and his annual dinner-Marriage certificate of Mali-
bran Page 1
CHAPTER II.
Overclouding of the horizon-Refusal of a good part, and acting of a
bad one-Difference between pageantry and performance-The
Bridal Contract-Breach of promise-Reading a new piece-An
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