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 57
... once all music , now entirely broke down , and where he once drew thousands , he cannot now draw fifty . Such is life . We met this troubadour back in Cincinnati a year ago during the Diarist's engagement . He appears to be approach ...
... once all music , now entirely broke down , and where he once drew thousands , he cannot now draw fifty . Such is life . We met this troubadour back in Cincinnati a year ago during the Diarist's engagement . He appears to be approach ...
Page 76
... once more , but New York continues to turn its coldest shoulder to Harry Watkins . He champs at the bit . " My impatience to get to acting is like that of a hungry man waiting for his dinner . The days seem like months . " Inexorable ...
... once more , but New York continues to turn its coldest shoulder to Harry Watkins . He champs at the bit . " My impatience to get to acting is like that of a hungry man waiting for his dinner . The days seem like months . " Inexorable ...
Page 154
... Once he met there a Mrs. Forbes whose husband was anxious to engage Harry to play in Providence for $ 15 a week . She too had glamour ; he reports her " an excellent talker and first rate company to while away the tedious time with ...
... Once he met there a Mrs. Forbes whose husband was anxious to engage Harry to play in Providence for $ 15 a week . She too had glamour ; he reports her " an excellent talker and first rate company to while away the tedious time with ...
Contents
BARNSTORMING IN THE FORTIES | 1 |
THE WARTIME THEATRE | 19 |
THREE SOUTHWESTERN PLAYHOUSES | 28 |
Copyright | |
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