Macready's Reminiscences, and Selections from His Diaries and Letters, Opseg 1Macmillan and Company, 1875 |
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... audience of three persons at Berwick on night of general illumination - Young and Emery - A wonderful effort of ... audiences - Their peculiarities and attachment to old favourites - Bath - Profit to be made by an actor out of a ...
... audience of three persons at Berwick on night of general illumination - Young and Emery - A wonderful effort of ... audiences - Their peculiarities and attachment to old favourites - Bath - Profit to be made by an actor out of a ...
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... audience , when the orchestra struck up the symphony of Arne's rattling bravura , ' The Soldier tired , ' in the opera of ' Artaxerxes . ' But one evening ( in giving me a sight of the man with whose fame all Europe rang , and who will ...
... audience , when the orchestra struck up the symphony of Arne's rattling bravura , ' The Soldier tired , ' in the opera of ' Artaxerxes . ' But one evening ( in giving me a sight of the man with whose fame all Europe rang , and who will ...
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... audience applauded , but one of the rioters , thinking to put him down by reference to his early low condition , with contemptuous bitterness shouted out " Boy ! " Poor Macklin for a moment lost his presence of mind , but recollecting ...
... audience applauded , but one of the rioters , thinking to put him down by reference to his early low condition , with contemptuous bitterness shouted out " Boy ! " Poor Macklin for a moment lost his presence of mind , but recollecting ...
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... audience on his relinquishing that theatre , I cannot refrain from writing to express my sincere concern , and to add that any act of friendship as far as lies in my power shall gladly be executed . In the first place , I beg you to ...
... audience on his relinquishing that theatre , I cannot refrain from writing to express my sincere concern , and to add that any act of friendship as far as lies in my power shall gladly be executed . In the first place , I beg you to ...
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... audiences . that attended ; but at half - price the well organised opposition rushing in , began the O.P. dance on the benches of the pit , and not one syllable more was to be heard . The scenes presented by the acting audience , and ...
... audiences . that attended ; but at half - price the well organised opposition rushing in , began the O.P. dance on the benches of the pit , and not one syllable more was to be heard . The scenes presented by the acting audience , and ...
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