Reminiscences Of Michael Kelly Of The King's Theatre And Theatre Royal Drury LaneExcerpt from Reminiscences of Michael Kelly, of the King's Theatre, and Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Including a Period of Nearly Half a Century, Vol. 1 of 2: With Original Anecdotes of Many Distinguished Persons, Political, Literary, and Musical Kelly's Visit to Rome, with Mr. Stewart and family. Terracina. Arrival in Rome. Piazza di Spagna. Motley population and diversions in the Corso. The Roman Theatres. Unceremonious critics in the pit. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |
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Departure of the Author for Naples The vessel | 26 |
Visits to Baja Posilipo the Grotta del Cane and | 34 |
Interview with the King and Queen of Naples Anec | 50 |
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