The Drama: Or, Theatrical Pocket Magazine, Том 1T. and J. Elvey., 1821 Wholly dedicated to the stage, and containing original dramatic biography, essays, criticisms, poetry, reviews ... with occasional notices of the country theatres, the whole forming a complete critical and biographical illustration of the British stage. |
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... writer of this sketch had seen Mr. KEAN , and it was with no small gratification he found the expressions of approbation from the audience encreasing with every scene . It was directly admitted that Mr. KEAN'S acting was in an original ...
... writer of this sketch had seen Mr. KEAN , and it was with no small gratification he found the expressions of approbation from the audience encreasing with every scene . It was directly admitted that Mr. KEAN'S acting was in an original ...
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... writer who obtained the emoluments arising from two represen- tations ; ( 5 ) and to Farquhar , in the year 1700 , the bene- ( 4 ) " But which amongst you is there to be found , Will take his third days pawn for fifty pound . " Epilogue ...
... writer who obtained the emoluments arising from two represen- tations ; ( 5 ) and to Farquhar , in the year 1700 , the bene- ( 4 ) " But which amongst you is there to be found , Will take his third days pawn for fifty pound . " Epilogue ...
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... writer , and when the curtain draws up , learning from your next neigh- bour , that on account of the indisposition of a principal per- former , the managers have been under the necessity of substituting the " Bold Stroke for a Wife ...
... writer , and when the curtain draws up , learning from your next neigh- bour , that on account of the indisposition of a principal per- former , the managers have been under the necessity of substituting the " Bold Stroke for a Wife ...
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... writer . " I will insert a letter of Queen Elizabeth , written to him [ Peregrine Bertie ] with her own hand ; and , reader , deal in matters of this nature , as when venison is set before thee , eat the one , and read the other , never ...
... writer . " I will insert a letter of Queen Elizabeth , written to him [ Peregrine Bertie ] with her own hand ; and , reader , deal in matters of this nature , as when venison is set before thee , eat the one , and read the other , never ...
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... writers , ( at least above all modern writers ) the poet of nature ; the poet that holds up to his readers a faithful mirror of manners and of life . His characters are not modified by the customs of particular places , unpractised by ...
... writers , ( at least above all modern writers ) the poet of nature ; the poet that holds up to his readers a faithful mirror of manners and of life . His characters are not modified by the customs of particular places , unpractised by ...
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