A History of the New York Stage from the First Performance in 1732 to 1901, Volume 1Dodd, Mead, 1902 |
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... stage , appeared Nov. 14 , 1803 , as Trepanti in " She Would and She Would Not . " He was at one period as popular as Lester Wallack was in our own day . He married Miss Bache , a granddaughter 1802 ] 13 THE PARK THEATRE.
... stage , appeared Nov. 14 , 1803 , as Trepanti in " She Would and She Would Not . " He was at one period as popular as Lester Wallack was in our own day . He married Miss Bache , a granddaughter 1802 ] 13 THE PARK THEATRE.
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... Wallack first appeared in America Sept. the 7th as Macbeth . He afterwards acted Corio- lanus , Rolla in " Pizarro ... Wallack acting the title rôle ; " Richard II . " ( first time in New York ) was played on the 27th : Wallack as ...
... Wallack first appeared in America Sept. the 7th as Macbeth . He afterwards acted Corio- lanus , Rolla in " Pizarro ... Wallack acting the title rôle ; " Richard II . " ( first time in New York ) was played on the 27th : Wallack as ...
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... Wallack was to have appeared as Hamlet , but the theatre was closed on account of a yellow - fever panic . After it was reopened Wallack and Cooper played together , but either the weather or the health of the com- munity was bad , for ...
... Wallack was to have appeared as Hamlet , but the theatre was closed on account of a yellow - fever panic . After it was reopened Wallack and Cooper played together , but either the weather or the health of the com- munity was bad , for ...
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... Wallack - Davenport Company . He became lessee of Niblo's Garden , New York , July 21 , 1862 ; retired from the stage Aug. 31st , 1868 , and died in this city Nov. 3rd , 1876. " The Comedy of Errors " was given on Oct. 25th , with this ...
... Wallack - Davenport Company . He became lessee of Niblo's Garden , New York , July 21 , 1862 ; retired from the stage Aug. 31st , 1868 , and died in this city Nov. 3rd , 1876. " The Comedy of Errors " was given on Oct. 25th , with this ...
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... Wallack appeared as Rolla in " Pizarro " on the 17th , Mrs. Drake being the Elvira . Mrs. Barnes appeared on the 26th as Juliet , to James Wallack's Romeo . Emma Wheatley made her first appearance Sept. 26th as one of the " Children in ...
... Wallack appeared as Rolla in " Pizarro " on the 17th , Mrs. Drake being the Elvira . Mrs. Barnes appeared on the 26th as Juliet , to James Wallack's Romeo . Emma Wheatley made her first appearance Sept. 26th as one of the " Children in ...
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A History of the New York Stage from the First Performance in 1732 ..., Volume 1 Thomas Allston Brown Visualização integral - 1903 |
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acted actor afterwards American début appearance in America April ballet Barney Williams Barry Booth Bowery Bowery Theatre Broadway Broadway Theatre burlesque Burton Cæsar cast Chanfrau Charles Charlotte Cushman Chas comedy commenced Cordelia Howard dance Davidge died drama E. L. Davenport Edwin Booth Edwin Forrest Emily engagement F. B. Conway Fanny farce Fisher Frank George given Hamblin Hamlet Harry Henry Henry Wallack Hoey Howard Hunchback J. W. Wallack Jack Jack Cade James John Brougham John Dyott Julia Juliet Julius Cæsar June Kate Kean Lady of Lyons last appearance Laura Keene Lester Macbeth March married Mestayer Miss Mlle Mons night opened opera Othello Park Theatre performance Placide played Ponisi reappeared reopened Richard Richard III Romeo season closed seen Seguin Sept stage manager Street sung Taylor Teazle title rôle took a benefit Vernon W. G. Jones Walcot weeks Wheatley York
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Página 28 - I disclaim all intention of offering any thing in the shape of disrespect towards the inhabitants of New York ; they received me from the first with an enthusiasm, grateful in those hours to my pride, in the present to my memory. I cannot recall to my mind any act or thought, that did not prompt me to an unfeigned acknowledgment of their...
Página 5 - Estates, it cannot be supposed that we have a Fund sufficient to bear up against such unexpected Repulses. A Journey by Sea and Land, Five Hundred Miles, is not undertaken without Money. Therefore if the worthy Magistrates would consider this in our...
Página 367 - This silenced all but the rioters, who continued to drown all sound of what was said upon the stage. Not a word of the first act could be heard by any one in the house.
Página 279 - The sun is but a spark of fire, A transient meteor in the sky; The soul, immortal as its Sire, Shall never die I
Página 28 - That I have committed an error appears too evident from the all-decisive voice of the public ; but surely it is but justice to the delinquent (whatever may be his enormities) to be allowed to make reparation where the offences were committed.
Página 367 - WORKING MEN Shall AMERICANS or ENGLISH RULE in this city? The crew of the British steamer have threatened all Americans who shall dare to express their opinion this night at the English ARISTOCRATIC Opera House! We advocate no violence, but a free expression of opinion to all public men.
Página 15 - ... of Yankee-doodle. The monument, erected by Edmund Kean, consists of a pedestal, surmounted by an urn, with this inscription: — "Erected to the memory of George Frederick Cooke, by Edmund Kean, of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, 1821;" and, beneath, this not very choice, nor very accurate distich : "Three kingdoms claim his birth. Both hemispheres pronounce his worth...
Página 367 - SHALL AMERICANS OR ENGLISH RULE IN THIS CITY? The crew of the British steamer have threatened all Americans who shall dare to express their opinions, this night at the ENGLISH ARISTOCRATIC OPERA HOUSE!
Página 4 - Hallam advanced no inconsiderable Sum. But Mr. Upton, on his Arrival, found here that Sett of Pretenders with whom he joined and, unhappily for us, quite neglected the Business he was sent about from England. For we never heard from him after.
Página 264 - ... over his arm, the stove-pipe hat . . . drawn down over one eye, his trousers tucked into his boots, a stump of a cigar pointing up from his lips to his eye, the soap locks plastered flat on his temples, and his jaw protruded into a half beastly, half human expression of contemptuous ferocity. . . . Taking the cigar stump from his mouth and turning halfway round to spit, he said, "I ain't a goin...