The Plays of Theophilus and Susannah Cibber |
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... Play was finish'd , and I brought it him , and read it : He told me it was a rough Pebble , yet might do with a little polishing ; for it was a tolerable good first Play : In brief , it pleas'd him so much , that he lick'd the rude ...
... Play was finish'd , and I brought it him , and read it : He told me it was a rough Pebble , yet might do with a little polishing ; for it was a tolerable good first Play : In brief , it pleas'd him so much , that he lick'd the rude ...
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... Play , was that of Quin's : This Anecdote is worth relating . When Mr. James Quin was a managing Actor under Mr. Rich , at Lincolns - Inn - Fields , he had a whole Heap of Plays brought him , which he put in a Drawer in his Beauroe : An ...
... Play , was that of Quin's : This Anecdote is worth relating . When Mr. James Quin was a managing Actor under Mr. Rich , at Lincolns - Inn - Fields , he had a whole Heap of Plays brought him , which he put in a Drawer in his Beauroe : An ...
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... Play : When it began to mellow in Re- hearful , and was almoft ripe enough for the Stage ; a peftilential Blaft of Envy had like to have deftroy'd it , and with it all my fair Hopes : A Rumour had gone a- broad , that truly this Comedy ...
... Play : When it began to mellow in Re- hearful , and was almoft ripe enough for the Stage ; a peftilential Blaft of Envy had like to have deftroy'd it , and with it all my fair Hopes : A Rumour had gone a- broad , that truly this Comedy ...
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