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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 42
Page 61
... season . Benefit for Thorne . Well , the season is over . I have worked hard for ten months . I played in the first and last pieces of the season . Opened in " The Honeymoon , " closed in " The Married Rake . " Now for New York and some ...
... season . Benefit for Thorne . Well , the season is over . I have worked hard for ten months . I played in the first and last pieces of the season . Opened in " The Honeymoon , " closed in " The Married Rake . " Now for New York and some ...
Page 215
... season on New York's hot pavements today and listen to their talk . Not one exhibits an inferiority complex . If the fates have been against them , as they always seem to be , tomorrow they will again turn a smiling face , their arms ...
... season on New York's hot pavements today and listen to their talk . Not one exhibits an inferiority complex . If the fates have been against them , as they always seem to be , tomorrow they will again turn a smiling face , their arms ...
Page 232
... season will end my connection with them . Well , so be it ! It was with infinite satisfaction that Harry Watkins stood apart to see Mr. Poole's $ 40 play make a complete fiasco . Wednesday 19th . Mr. Poole's dramatization of " Rosalind ...
... season will end my connection with them . Well , so be it ! It was with infinite satisfaction that Harry Watkins stood apart to see Mr. Poole's $ 40 play make a complete fiasco . Wednesday 19th . Mr. Poole's dramatization of " Rosalind ...
Contents
BARNSTORMING IN THE FORTIES | 1 |
THE WARTIME THEATRE | 19 |
THREE SOUTHWESTERN PLAYHOUSES | 28 |
Copyright | |
17 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acting actor actress American Amy Lee appearance Arch Street Theatre arrived audience Barney Williams Bates benefit better bill boat Booth Boston Bowery Theatre Broadway Theatre Burton called Cincinnati comedian comedy curtain Davenport delirium tremens Diarist drama Drunkard E. L. Davenport Edwin Forrest engagement Forrest Fort Snelling Friday gave George Hamblin Hamlet Harriet Harry Watkins hope Journal Junius Brutus Booth King Lear Lady of Lyons last night looked Louisville Macready McVicker Miss Monday morning Mother Murdoch Museum never opened Orleans Othello Pardey Patriot performance Philadelphia piece play players Pleasant poor rain rehearsal Richard III Rose salary Sarzedas Saturday says scene season speech stage manager star steamer Street Theatre success Sunday talent tell theatre seven P. M. theatrical Thorne Thursday told took town Tuesday walk Wallack weather Wednesday week wife wrote York young