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... play and then to decide : and if in the affirmative , the play is to be acted in a month . So this is on my hands ; and my essays are coming out at Murray's , and my verses at Moxon's . ' The consequence of all this was , that when the ...
... play and then to decide : and if in the affirmative , the play is to be acted in a month . So this is on my hands ; and my essays are coming out at Murray's , and my verses at Moxon's . ' The consequence of all this was , that when the ...
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... play , and much of my own part of Van Artevelde I acted well ; but the play was so underacted by the people engaged in it , that it broke down under their weight .'- Vol . ii . , p . 292 . My opinion ( which is not worth much , however ) ...
... play , and much of my own part of Van Artevelde I acted well ; but the play was so underacted by the people engaged in it , that it broke down under their weight .'- Vol . ii . , p . 292 . My opinion ( which is not worth much , however ) ...
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... play originally entitled ' The Virgin Widow ' and afterwards ' A Sicilian Summer ' ( begun in December , 1845 ) , by which I hoped to revive the Elizabethan comedy of romance . I wrote to my father early in 1849 , — ' My play has been ...
... play originally entitled ' The Virgin Widow ' and afterwards ' A Sicilian Summer ' ( begun in December , 1845 ) , by which I hoped to revive the Elizabethan comedy of romance . I wrote to my father early in 1849 , — ' My play has been ...
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... play to him . It is , as you know , to be published first as a reading play by Longman . Henry would like it to be acted if it will act ; but , besides other objections , actors are scarce in these days , and Macready ( the best by far ) ...
... play to him . It is , as you know , to be published first as a reading play by Longman . Henry would like it to be acted if it will act ; but , besides other objections , actors are scarce in these days , and Macready ( the best by far ) ...
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... play I had written , and I never could tell why people would not be pleased with it . It is odd that the lines she fixed upon to quote were not mine . ' The lines alluded to occur at the end of the following passage : - Now for earth ...
... play I had written , and I never could tell why people would not be pleased with it . It is odd that the lines she fixed upon to quote were not mine . ' The lines alluded to occur at the end of the following passage : - Now for earth ...
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