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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... comedian . On one occasion when he produced Masks and Faces , a Peg Woffington comedy , and played Triplet , the hungry musi- cian , the audience howled at his pathetic moments . Finally , bursting with rage , he stepped down to the ...
... comedian . On one occasion when he produced Masks and Faces , a Peg Woffington comedy , and played Triplet , the hungry musi- cian , the audience howled at his pathetic moments . Finally , bursting with rage , he stepped down to the ...
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... comedian , and that most harassed and distraught person , theatre manager . As a play- wright he was one of the most prolific of his time in the field of light comedy , farce , and burlesque . His burlesque , Pocahontas , was ...
... comedian , and that most harassed and distraught person , theatre manager . As a play- wright he was one of the most prolific of his time in the field of light comedy , farce , and burlesque . His burlesque , Pocahontas , was ...
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... comedy or take en- tirely to low comedy . This will be to my ultimate advantage for however opinion has differed of my quality as a tragedian , it has been universal regarding my talent as a comedian . Whatever his successes in romantic ...
... comedy or take en- tirely to low comedy . This will be to my ultimate advantage for however opinion has differed of my quality as a tragedian , it has been universal regarding my talent as a comedian . Whatever his successes in romantic ...
Contents
BARNSTORMING IN THE FORTIES | 1 |
THE WARTIME THEATRE | 19 |
THREE SOUTHWESTERN PLAYHOUSES | 28 |
Copyright | |
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