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 64
... piece everything I had on was damp with perspiration . Considering the intense heat the House was good . Our company ... pieces , " Rookwood " and " The Devil to Pay . " The second was so literary that nobody knew anything about it . I ...
... piece everything I had on was damp with perspiration . Considering the intense heat the House was good . Our company ... pieces , " Rookwood " and " The Devil to Pay . " The second was so literary that nobody knew anything about it . I ...
Page 90
... piece proves successful , and judging by the " hi , hi's " I suppose it will , there will be a rise in the flannel market and none but rogues will venture to wear a standing collar and a white bosom . Monday 29. Made my first appearance ...
... piece proves successful , and judging by the " hi , hi's " I suppose it will , there will be a rise in the flannel market and none but rogues will venture to wear a standing collar and a white bosom . Monday 29. Made my first appearance ...
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... pieces , you were tragic , comic , or heroic as befitted your character , anything as long as you were THEATRE . At the Philadelphia Arch Street Theatre , Mrs. John Drew was playing a piece called Nine Points of the Law . The heavy man ...
... pieces , you were tragic , comic , or heroic as befitted your character , anything as long as you were THEATRE . At the Philadelphia Arch Street Theatre , Mrs. John Drew was playing a piece called Nine Points of the Law . The heavy man ...
Contents
BARNSTORMING IN THE FORTIES | 1 |
THE WARTIME THEATRE | 19 |
THREE SOUTHWESTERN PLAYHOUSES | 28 |
Copyright | |
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