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 50
... close to the ceiling , and by reflection , the house was made very light . Went to bed at 1/2 past 10 . Watkins ' amazement at this dazzling display is under- standable when it is remembered that illuminating gas had been in general use ...
... close to the ceiling , and by reflection , the house was made very light . Went to bed at 1/2 past 10 . Watkins ' amazement at this dazzling display is under- standable when it is remembered that illuminating gas had been in general use ...
Page 88
... close of the play Watkins stepped before the curtain , without being called for , " and thanked the audience for their kind approba- tion , saying he was about to make a tour and regretted being unable to appear longer before them ...
... close of the play Watkins stepped before the curtain , without being called for , " and thanked the audience for their kind approba- tion , saying he was about to make a tour and regretted being unable to appear longer before them ...
Page 107
... close - cropped , gives his final performance at the National as Macduff and Harry Burn- ham and removes his props from the theatre . The hoped - for trip to England ends in an anti - climax ; he goes instead to Coney Island and ...
... close - cropped , gives his final performance at the National as Macduff and Harry Burn- ham and removes his props from the theatre . The hoped - for trip to England ends in an anti - climax ; he goes instead to Coney Island and ...
Contents
BARNSTORMING IN THE FORTIES | 1 |
THE WARTIME THEATRE | 19 |
THREE SOUTHWESTERN PLAYHOUSES | 28 |
Copyright | |
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