One Man in His Time: The Adventures of H. Watkins, Strolling Player, 1845-1863, from His JournalThis book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas. |
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Page 53
... Boston . Delayed by fog . Reached Stonington 5 A. M. and took the cars for Boston where I arrived at 11 A. M. Went to the Beach Street Theatre , saw Thorne , all well . I think it the handsomest Theatre I ever saw . Brought my things to ...
... Boston . Delayed by fog . Reached Stonington 5 A. M. and took the cars for Boston where I arrived at 11 A. M. Went to the Beach Street Theatre , saw Thorne , all well . I think it the handsomest Theatre I ever saw . Brought my things to ...
Page 54
... Boston Atlas this morning said , " the young gentleman who played Malcolm deserves credit . " The first notice of my playing in Boston . Perhaps I will have better treatment from Thorne now . Monday 17th . For the first time in my life ...
... Boston Atlas this morning said , " the young gentleman who played Malcolm deserves credit . " The first notice of my playing in Boston . Perhaps I will have better treatment from Thorne now . Monday 17th . For the first time in my life ...
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... Boston Herald in vindication of Mr. Davies who was discharged from the theatre without any cause , the manager calling him an habitual drunkard -which was false . This morning the article appears in the Herald -verbatim ! Now I have ...
... Boston Herald in vindication of Mr. Davies who was discharged from the theatre without any cause , the manager calling him an habitual drunkard -which was false . This morning the article appears in the Herald -verbatim ! Now I have ...
Contents
BARNSTORMING IN THE FORTIES | 1 |
THE WARTIME THEATRE | 19 |
THREE SOUTHWESTERN PLAYHOUSES | 28 |
Copyright | |
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