Personal recollections of the author from school-days to the present time; Records of Drury Lane and its lessees and managers, with a sketch of the history of her Majesty's opera.- Vol. 2. Actors and actresses who have appeared at Drury Lane Theatre from its earliest annals to the present time, sketches of their career, and anecdotes connected with them; Dramatic and theatrical varieties, with an account of curious old plays, etcChatto and Windus, 1881 - Actors |
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