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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... Thursday my part is to be played by Mrs. Thorne ! He says that public interest neces- sitates having Thalaba personated by a lady . This is not the first time that this THING , Pardey , has sacrificed me to his despi- cable schemes for ...
... Thursday my part is to be played by Mrs. Thorne ! He says that public interest neces- sitates having Thalaba personated by a lady . This is not the first time that this THING , Pardey , has sacrificed me to his despi- cable schemes for ...
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... Thursday 17th . Foggy . Studying , writing . The Bateman children are playing an engagement here . They are very clever , but I do not admire what seems to me too much like what it is child's play . Thursday 24th . My landlord invited ...
... Thursday 17th . Foggy . Studying , writing . The Bateman children are playing an engagement here . They are very clever , but I do not admire what seems to me too much like what it is child's play . Thursday 24th . My landlord invited ...
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... Thursday 14th . Last night of the " Courier . " It won't draw . Rehears- ing A. M. Had a row with Mr. Hanley about business . He has al- together too high an opinion of his abilities — thinking himself the compeer of Forrest . He told ...
... Thursday 14th . Last night of the " Courier . " It won't draw . Rehears- ing A. M. Had a row with Mr. Hanley about business . He has al- together too high an opinion of his abilities — thinking himself the compeer of Forrest . He told ...
Contents
BARNSTORMING IN THE FORTIES | 1 |
THE WARTIME THEATRE | 19 |
THREE SOUTHWESTERN PLAYHOUSES | 28 |
Copyright | |
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