Lights of the Old English StageD. Appleton, 1881 - 225 páginas |
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... engagement at both the patent houses . Finding no chance there , he was obliged to choose a humbler scene for his appearance in the me- tropolis , the unlicensed theatre in Goodman's Fields , where he made his début on October 19 , 1741 ...
... engagement at both the patent houses . Finding no chance there , he was obliged to choose a humbler scene for his appearance in the me- tropolis , the unlicensed theatre in Goodman's Fields , where he made his début on October 19 , 1741 ...
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... engagement for Drury Lane at £ 600 per annum for the ensuing season . It was on December 1 , 1741 , that , dropping his fic- titious name on the occasion of his benefit , he first ap- peared in the bills as David Garrick . He continued ...
... engagement for Drury Lane at £ 600 per annum for the ensuing season . It was on December 1 , 1741 , that , dropping his fic- titious name on the occasion of his benefit , he first ap- peared in the bills as David Garrick . He continued ...
Página 73
... December , 1759 , we find him entering into an engagement with the opposition house . It was never fulfilled , however , and he went back to Drury Lane at a large salary . " " He now appears in a new character - that of CHARLES MACKLIN .
... December , 1759 , we find him entering into an engagement with the opposition house . It was never fulfilled , however , and he went back to Drury Lane at a large salary . " " He now appears in a new character - that of CHARLES MACKLIN .
Página 74
... commencing an engagement at Covent Garden , one of the principal stipulations of which was that he should perform Richard , Macbeth , and Lear , parts which he had never yet played in London , 74 LIGHTS OF THE OLD ENGLISH STAGE .
... commencing an engagement at Covent Garden , one of the principal stipulations of which was that he should perform Richard , Macbeth , and Lear , parts which he had never yet played in London , 74 LIGHTS OF THE OLD ENGLISH STAGE .
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... engagement caused by his sudden dismissal , and claimed all arrears of salary from that time . The suit was ... engagements in England for the spring , be on my farm in the summer , and appear occasionally in Cork . " Luckily for himself ...
... engagement caused by his sudden dismissal , and claimed all arrears of salary from that time . The suit was ... engagements in England for the spring , be on my farm in the summer , and appear occasionally in Cork . " Luckily for himself ...
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25 cents 30 cents actor actress admirable afterward ANDRÉ THEURIET appeared applause audience Barry beautiful Bellamy benefit Betterton Burbadge character Charles child Cibber comedy Cooke Cooke's Covent Garden crowded houses curtain daughter David Garrick début delight DORA JORDAN dress Drury Lane Dublin Duke Edmund Kean engagement eyes Fair Penitent farewell father favorite fell fortune friends Garrick gave gentleman George Frederick Cooke green-room Hamlet honor husband Iago Jane Shore John Kemble Jordan Kean King lady laugh London look Macbeth Macklin manager Miss mother never night once Othello passion performance play players poor pounds a week prince profession Quin received retired returned Richard rival Romeo royal salary says scarcely scene season seemed Sheridan Shylock Siddons soon stage story Street strolling success Tate Wilkinson theatre theatrical tion told took town tragedy triumph voice wife Woffington words write young