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" The company of which old Mr. Kemble was the manager, was more respectable than many other companies of strolling players ; but it was not in so flourishing a condition as to place the manager beyond the reach of the immediate smiles or frowns of fortune.... "
England & Wales delineated, by T. Dugdale, assisted by W. Burnett ... - Page 260
by Thomas Dugdale - 1830
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Memoirs of the Late Thomas Holcroft, Volume 1

Thomas Holcroft - 1816 - 324 pages
...flourishing a condition as to place the manager beyond the reach of the immediate smiles or frowns of fortune. Of this the following anecdote may be cited...seems, so accommodating as in the present day, and the extremeyouth of the performer disposed the gallery to noise and uproar instead of admiration. Their...
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Oxberry's dramatic biography and histrionic anecdotes [ed. by C.E ..., Volume 1

1825 - 338 pages
...flourishing a condition as to place the manager beyond the reach of the immediate smiles or frowns of fortune. Of this, the following anecdote may be cited...the audience was not, it seems, so accommodating as ia the present day ; and the extreme youth of the performer disposed the gallery to noise and uproar,...
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The Lives of the Players, Volume 2

John Galt - 1831 - 324 pages
...premature glimpse which Mrs. Siddons, then a child, afforded of her powers that yet lurked in the germ. A benefit had been fixed for some of the family, in which she was to perform some juvenile part. The taste of the audience rebelled at her extreme youth, the...
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Memoirs of the Late Thomas Holcroft: Written by Himself; and Continued to ...

Thomas Holcroft - 1852 - 336 pages
...flourishing a condition as to place the manager beyond the reach of the immediate smiles or frowns of fortune. Of this the following anecdote may be cited...had been fixed for some of the family, in which Miss KemLle, then a little girl, was to come forward in some part, as a juvenile prodigy. The taste of the...
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Sketches of Leafy Warwickshire, Rural and Urban

George Morley (of Leamington, Eng.) - 1895 - 202 pages
...flourishing a condition as to place the manager beyond the immediate reach of the smiles or frowns of fortune. Of this the following anecdote may be cited...of the performer disposed the gallery to noise and disorder, instead of approbation. Their turbulent dissatisfaction quite disconcerted the child, and...
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The Collected Works of William Hazlitt: Memoirs of Thomas Holcroft. Liber ...

William Hazlitt - 1902 - 464 pages
...flourishing a condition as to place the manager beyond the reach of the immediate smiles or frowns of fortune. Of this the following anecdote may be cited...disposed the gallery to noise and uproar instead of admiration. Their turbulent dissatisfaction quite disconcerted the child, and she was retiring bashfully...
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The Collected Works of William Hazlitt: Memoirs of Thomas Holcroft. Liber ...

William Hazlitt - 1902 - 468 pages
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Memoirs of Thomas Holcroft

Thomas Holcroft, William Hazlitt - 1816 - 424 pages
...flourishing a condition as to place the manager beyond the reach of the immediate smiles or frowns of fortune. Of this the following anecdote may be cited...disposed the gallery to noise and uproar instead of admiration. Their turbulent dissatisfaction quite disconcerted the child, and she was retiring bashfully...
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The Complete Works of William Hazlitt, Volume 3

William Hazlitt - 1932 - 330 pages
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Sarah Siddons: Portrait of an Actress

Roger Manvell - 1970 - 442 pages
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