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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... play that always did a box - office business . The hero was played by a woman , and a number of comely actresses rose to fame by exhibiting their shapely limbs to the eyes of eager spectators , the most noted of whom was the glamorous ...
... play that always did a box - office business . The hero was played by a woman , and a number of comely actresses rose to fame by exhibiting their shapely limbs to the eyes of eager spectators , the most noted of whom was the glamorous ...
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... play any longer with the McVick- ers ; today they are willing to play with anybody . Poverty like sickness is a great humbler . Thursday 11th . Our orchestra players , two harps , a fiddle and a claronet are Italian , not speaking a ...
... play any longer with the McVick- ers ; today they are willing to play with anybody . Poverty like sickness is a great humbler . Thursday 11th . Our orchestra players , two harps , a fiddle and a claronet are Italian , not speaking a ...
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The Adventures of H. Watkins, Strolling Player, 1845-1863, from His Journal Maud Durbin Skinner, Otis Skinner. will never obtain justice until legislation makes stealing a play a misdemeanor . With a brief homily on the art of play ...
The Adventures of H. Watkins, Strolling Player, 1845-1863, from His Journal Maud Durbin Skinner, Otis Skinner. will never obtain justice until legislation makes stealing a play a misdemeanor . With a brief homily on the art of play ...
Contents
BARNSTORMING IN THE FORTIES | 1 |
THE WARTIME THEATRE | 19 |
THREE SOUTHWESTERN PLAYHOUSES | 28 |
Copyright | |
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