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... Queen Eliza- beth to that of Queen Victoria , that are worth the trouble of acting . Being in for theatrical management , however , he will do his best according to his lights , and at the end of a few years he will find that he has ...
... Queen Eliza- beth to that of Queen Victoria , that are worth the trouble of acting . Being in for theatrical management , however , he will do his best according to his lights , and at the end of a few years he will find that he has ...
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... Queen Anne , agreeing in future to hold under the ordinary license . Certain it it is that during the last five years of Queen Anne's reign ' no theatre was open under any patent of Charles II . As regards Drury Lane , the Lord ...
... Queen Anne , agreeing in future to hold under the ordinary license . Certain it it is that during the last five years of Queen Anne's reign ' no theatre was open under any patent of Charles II . As regards Drury Lane , the Lord ...
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... Queen Anne , and being thus em- powered , while Rich was not , the landlords of Drury Lane naturally preferred Collier as a tenant . Neither Rich nor any of his suc- cessors ever returned to Drury Lane , which thenceforth , for a period ...
... Queen Anne , and being thus em- powered , while Rich was not , the landlords of Drury Lane naturally preferred Collier as a tenant . Neither Rich nor any of his suc- cessors ever returned to Drury Lane , which thenceforth , for a period ...
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... Queen Anne , Drury Lane , under the manage- ment of Mr. Alfred Bunn , neglected to renew its patent . Mr. Bunn tells us in his Memoirs , that when he announced his pro- gramme for the following winter , he received a missive from the ...
... Queen Anne , Drury Lane , under the manage- ment of Mr. Alfred Bunn , neglected to renew its patent . Mr. Bunn tells us in his Memoirs , that when he announced his pro- gramme for the following winter , he received a missive from the ...
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... Queen Anne , was put in his place . Rich did not venture to dispute the Lord Chamberlain's right to ' silence ' him and his company ; but when Queen Anne died , five years later , he got leave from George I. to start in the theatrical ...
... Queen Anne , was put in his place . Rich did not venture to dispute the Lord Chamberlain's right to ' silence ' him and his company ; but when Queen Anne died , five years later , he got leave from George I. to start in the theatrical ...
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