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 108
... Offered an engagement for Boston . I have refused offers in many towns so that I now may be obliged to attempt at starring . I'll screw my courage to the starring point and perhaps I'll not fail . Time is a panorama without a chart . We ...
... Offered an engagement for Boston . I have refused offers in many towns so that I now may be obliged to attempt at starring . I'll screw my courage to the starring point and perhaps I'll not fail . Time is a panorama without a chart . We ...
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... offer from George ; God knows what is for the best ! I should accept but my heart and soul are on the stage . I feel ... offered to manager Burton , saying that he wanted no re- muneration whatever if Burton would produce it . Saturday ...
... offer from George ; God knows what is for the best ! I should accept but my heart and soul are on the stage . I feel ... offered to manager Burton , saying that he wanted no re- muneration whatever if Burton would produce it . Saturday ...
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... offered me $ 25 extra for my trouble . His liber- ality , however , instead of developing my gratitude , excited my indignation , and I gave the " Great Showman " my opinion of his offer . I told him I would find a playwright who would ...
... offered me $ 25 extra for my trouble . His liber- ality , however , instead of developing my gratitude , excited my indignation , and I gave the " Great Showman " my opinion of his offer . I told him I would find a playwright who would ...
Contents
BARNSTORMING IN THE FORTIES | 1 |
THE WARTIME THEATRE | 19 |
THREE SOUTHWESTERN PLAYHOUSES | 28 |
Copyright | |
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