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 89
... arrived from D. P. Bowers , for whose wife's benefit he had appeared at Balti- more earlier in the week . Its contents quite upset him . Saturday 15th . Letter from D. P. Bowers . The good opinion I once held of this man lessened as I ...
... arrived from D. P. Bowers , for whose wife's benefit he had appeared at Balti- more earlier in the week . Its contents quite upset him . Saturday 15th . Letter from D. P. Bowers . The good opinion I once held of this man lessened as I ...
Page 115
... arrived first to secure the Hall . Coolidge of the Watkins troupe em- barked on the Montgomery stage and found himself in company with Dr. Jones , agent for the Minstrels . All through the night , muffled in their overcoats , they eyed ...
... arrived first to secure the Hall . Coolidge of the Watkins troupe em- barked on the Montgomery stage and found himself in company with Dr. Jones , agent for the Minstrels . All through the night , muffled in their overcoats , they eyed ...
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... arriving company from Cincinnati and freed from the tyranny of the casting director , Tilton , who had appropriated his ... arrived and I reported to Sarzedas . I have little faith in him , however I shall put up with a great deal before ...
... arriving company from Cincinnati and freed from the tyranny of the casting director , Tilton , who had appropriated his ... arrived and I reported to Sarzedas . I have little faith in him , however I shall put up with a great deal before ...
Contents
BARNSTORMING IN THE FORTIES | 1 |
THE WARTIME THEATRE | 19 |
THREE SOUTHWESTERN PLAYHOUSES | 28 |
Copyright | |
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