The Monthly Mirror: Reflecting Men and Manners : with Strictures on Their Epitome, the Stage, Volume 15proprieters., 1802 |
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Page 45
... perform Orosmane and Semiramis ? that Molè can create actors fit for all characters ? It is an absurdity , at which they themselves must laugh in their sleeves . To give themselves airs of importance , form a seraglio among the female ...
... perform Orosmane and Semiramis ? that Molè can create actors fit for all characters ? It is an absurdity , at which they themselves must laugh in their sleeves . To give themselves airs of importance , form a seraglio among the female ...
Page 57
... perform " at any two concerts she pleases , " in consequence of which she chose the Ancient Concert and Mr. Harrison's . THEATRICAL CHIT - CHAT . Mr. Richardson , one of the proprietors of Drury Lane , has been dangerously indisposed ...
... perform " at any two concerts she pleases , " in consequence of which she chose the Ancient Concert and Mr. Harrison's . THEATRICAL CHIT - CHAT . Mr. Richardson , one of the proprietors of Drury Lane , has been dangerously indisposed ...
Page 64
... perform before twelve tallow candles , at an infe- rior theatre . Why not have sent his candle - snuffers , and kept his actors where their merit stood a chance of being rewarded ? Wolverhampton , Dec. 10 , 1802 . CIVIS 1 Theatre ...
... perform before twelve tallow candles , at an infe- rior theatre . Why not have sent his candle - snuffers , and kept his actors where their merit stood a chance of being rewarded ? Wolverhampton , Dec. 10 , 1802 . CIVIS 1 Theatre ...
Page 65
... performed with Mr. Bannister , but am at a loss to know at what the writer aims when he says by my own report . I was engaged by the proprietor from Guernsey , and the first overtures were made by him to me . Being then a total stranger ...
... performed with Mr. Bannister , but am at a loss to know at what the writer aims when he says by my own report . I was engaged by the proprietor from Guernsey , and the first overtures were made by him to me . Being then a total stranger ...
Page 66
... performed upwards of forty characters , and those all principal , in three months , bills of which I still have by me . I have the satis- faction and happiness to know I left Plymouth regretted as an actress , and esteemed as a woman ...
... performed upwards of forty characters , and those all principal , in three months , bills of which I still have by me . I have the satis- faction and happiness to know I left Plymouth regretted as an actress , and esteemed as a woman ...
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