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 xi
... hand over her natural tendencies . One day Sidney arrived at the work - room with a hand- some Morocco - bound book . It was a document in evidence of the family's position in the theatre . This was her father's autograph album . After ...
... hand over her natural tendencies . One day Sidney arrived at the work - room with a hand- some Morocco - bound book . It was a document in evidence of the family's position in the theatre . This was her father's autograph album . After ...
Page 189
... hand in hand out to Mr. Saunders's farmhouse to spend the day , drinking fresh milk , watching the birds , the bees , the flowers , and their first night as husband and wife . De- positing her at Mrs. Biggert's boarding house , he told ...
... hand in hand out to Mr. Saunders's farmhouse to spend the day , drinking fresh milk , watching the birds , the bees , the flowers , and their first night as husband and wife . De- positing her at Mrs. Biggert's boarding house , he told ...
Page 213
... hands . He de- fies his stars and goes into theatre management . For several years he had kept a small but growing fund in Brother George's hands . It is only when we realize his habit of care- ful abstemiousness that we can account for ...
... hands . He de- fies his stars and goes into theatre management . For several years he had kept a small but growing fund in Brother George's hands . It is only when we realize his habit of care- ful abstemiousness that we can account for ...
Contents
BARNSTORMING IN THE FORTIES | 1 |
THE WARTIME THEATRE | 19 |
THREE SOUTHWESTERN PLAYHOUSES | 28 |
Copyright | |
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