Temple Bar, Volume 36George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates Ward and Lock, 1872 - English periodicals |
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... actor , author , and manager , and as such a few are worth transcribing . Upon the death of King Charles the Second the master commanded the boys to write a funeral oration ; all declined [ 32 ] Behold, it was a Dream Brighton and back ...
... actor , author , and manager , and as such a few are worth transcribing . Upon the death of King Charles the Second the master commanded the boys to write a funeral oration ; all declined [ 32 ] Behold, it was a Dream Brighton and back ...
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... actor , clapped him upon the shoulder exclaiming , " If he does not make a good actor one of these days I'll be hanged ! " Cibber says that the compliment took his breath away and brought tears into his eyes , and adds , " I will still ...
... actor , clapped him upon the shoulder exclaiming , " If he does not make a good actor one of these days I'll be hanged ! " Cibber says that the compliment took his breath away and brought tears into his eyes , and adds , " I will still ...
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... actors . In these theatres female performers were established for the first time . † Previous to the Restoration the female characters in plays were sustained by men of handsome and effeminate appearance . ( Of Kynaston , one of the ...
... actors . In these theatres female performers were established for the first time . † Previous to the Restoration the female characters in plays were sustained by men of handsome and effeminate appearance . ( Of Kynaston , one of the ...
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... actors and ten by the proprietors ; these last were after a time sold out to any persons who would buy them , many of ... actor . " These words vividly describe the vanity and love of applause that dis- tinguished the man . But , be it ...
... actors and ten by the proprietors ; these last were after a time sold out to any persons who would buy them , many of ... actor . " These words vividly describe the vanity and love of applause that dis- tinguished the man . But , be it ...
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... actors left in the old theatre dared not pit themselves in this play against their greater brethren of the new , more ... actor in one day was extraordinary . Cibber , with that graceful modesty , whether it was real or assumed , with ...
... actors left in the old theatre dared not pit themselves in this play against their greater brethren of the new , more ... actor in one day was extraordinary . Cibber , with that graceful modesty , whether it was real or assumed , with ...
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