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 197
... produced a lamentable number of bad actors . ] The ensuing memoranda in the Journal relate to Harry Watkins's customary managerial trials , bad houses , insub- ordination , trying weather , and his peculiar horror , drunk- enness ...
... produced a lamentable number of bad actors . ] The ensuing memoranda in the Journal relate to Harry Watkins's customary managerial trials , bad houses , insub- ordination , trying weather , and his peculiar horror , drunk- enness ...
Page 227
... produced his most important play . The fortunes of Barnum's Museum had been ebbing and flowing ebbing principally . The financial panic was not abating . Barnum decided definitely to close his house . Watkins had faced many emergencies ...
... produced his most important play . The fortunes of Barnum's Museum had been ebbing and flowing ebbing principally . The financial panic was not abating . Barnum decided definitely to close his house . Watkins had faced many emergencies ...
Page 242
... produce his new comedy with Rose Watkins as the heroine . After angrily pacing up and down for some length the lady ordered ... produced as well as it might have been , moreover it was preceded by the five act comedy of the “ Love Chase ...
... produce his new comedy with Rose Watkins as the heroine . After angrily pacing up and down for some length the lady ordered ... produced as well as it might have been , moreover it was preceded by the five act comedy of the “ Love Chase ...
Contents
BARNSTORMING IN THE FORTIES | 1 |
THE WARTIME THEATRE | 19 |
THREE SOUTHWESTERN PLAYHOUSES | 28 |
Copyright | |
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