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 41
... Louisville don't appreciate the drama . Good acting doesn't mean anything to you . Unless I am actually starving for bread I'll never play in your city again . " Watkins , regarding this as quite a silly speech , shakes the dust of ...
... Louisville don't appreciate the drama . Good acting doesn't mean anything to you . Unless I am actually starving for bread I'll never play in your city again . " Watkins , regarding this as quite a silly speech , shakes the dust of ...
Page 158
... Louisville instead of Cincinnati . Sunday 11th . Took steamer , Ben Franklin , to Louisville . Was obliged to sleep on a cot in the cabin . Monday 12th . Reached Louisville . Was roused at five A. M. Took a walk about town until eight ...
... Louisville instead of Cincinnati . Sunday 11th . Took steamer , Ben Franklin , to Louisville . Was obliged to sleep on a cot in the cabin . Monday 12th . Reached Louisville . Was roused at five A. M. Took a walk about town until eight ...
Page 189
... Louisville . If you don't find the right ones telegraph to New York for them . " It was a speedy transaction . In three days he had se- lected his Louisville company , rehearsed them , got up his production , and opened the theatre to ...
... Louisville . If you don't find the right ones telegraph to New York for them . " It was a speedy transaction . In three days he had se- lected his Louisville company , rehearsed them , got up his production , and opened the theatre to ...
Contents
BARNSTORMING IN THE FORTIES | 1 |
THE WARTIME THEATRE | 19 |
THREE SOUTHWESTERN PLAYHOUSES | 28 |
Copyright | |
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