The Town: Its Memorable Characters and Events. St. Paul's to St. James's, Volume 1Smith, Elder, and Company, 1848 |
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... acting , and for a long period were the most popular performers of stage - plays . In the time of Richard the Second , these Boy - Actors petitioned the king to prohibit certain ignorant and " in- expert people from presenting the ...
... acting , and for a long period were the most popular performers of stage - plays . In the time of Richard the Second , these Boy - Actors petitioned the king to prohibit certain ignorant and " in- expert people from presenting the ...
Page 45
... actors of Shakspeare , - Field , Underwood , and others . It was the same with Hart , Mohun , and others , who were players in the time of Cibber . It appears that children with good voices were sometimes kidnapped for a supply ...
... actors of Shakspeare , - Field , Underwood , and others . It was the same with Hart , Mohun , and others , who were players in the time of Cibber . It appears that children with good voices were sometimes kidnapped for a supply ...
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... actor . It was agreed that Mount- ford's sword was not drawn in the first instance , and that Hill's was ; and the question was settled by the dying deposition of Mountford , who stated several times over , that Lord Mohun offered him ...
... actor . It was agreed that Mount- ford's sword was not drawn in the first instance , and that Hill's was ; and the question was settled by the dying deposition of Mountford , who stated several times over , that Lord Mohun offered him ...
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