The Thespian Dictionary: Or, Dramatic Biography of the Present Age; Containing Sketches of the Lives, Lists of the Productions ... of All the Principal Dramatists, Composers, Commentators, Managers, Actors, and Actresses of the United Kingdom ... Forming a Complete Modern History of the English StageAlbion Press printed, 1805 - 390 pàgines |
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... town , he made his first appearance on the stage in George Barnwell , " 66 and thence went to the Dublin theatre . He left Ireland about 1764 , and soon after got an en- gagement at Drury Lane , having previously married an Irish lady ...
... town , he made his first appearance on the stage in George Barnwell , " 66 and thence went to the Dublin theatre . He left Ireland about 1764 , and soon after got an en- gagement at Drury Lane , having previously married an Irish lady ...
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... town on Mon- day evening , and was not a little surprised to find his name an- nounced in the bills for Laertes , ( Hamlet ) a part in which he had never appeared before , and of which , therefore , by the standing rules of the theatre ...
... town on Mon- day evening , and was not a little surprised to find his name an- nounced in the bills for Laertes , ( Hamlet ) a part in which he had never appeared before , and of which , therefore , by the standing rules of the theatre ...
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... town , and that self - same day , a letter , containing a formal discharge , was dispatched to him at Brigh- ton , from which place it was forwarded back to him in Lon- don . The receipt of this natu- rally filled his mind with trepi ...
... town , and that self - same day , a letter , containing a formal discharge , was dispatched to him at Brigh- ton , from which place it was forwarded back to him in Lon- don . The receipt of this natu- rally filled his mind with trepi ...
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... towns in England . Every town he entered , he pretended a right to , and whenever ano- ther company interfered with him , he was very attentive and dexterous in laying them under contribution . In 1735 , he pe- fore introduced on the ...
... towns in England . Every town he entered , he pretended a right to , and whenever ano- ther company interfered with him , he was very attentive and dexterous in laying them under contribution . In 1735 , he pe- fore introduced on the ...
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... town . During this her success , she married Mr. Bannister , and September 5 , 1791 , took her leave of the stage , filling , at present , the more ami- able characters of a domestic wife and a tender mother . BARCLAY , ( Miss ) actress ...
... town . During this her success , she married Mr. Bannister , and September 5 , 1791 , took her leave of the stage , filling , at present , the more ami- able characters of a domestic wife and a tender mother . BARCLAY , ( Miss ) actress ...
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