Cumberland's British Theatre: With Remarks, Biographical and Critical, Volume 19George Daniel J. Cumberland, 1875 - English drama |
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... play of Isidor und Olga , written by Professor Raupach , which was produced about three years since , at the Berlin Theatre , and was extremely popular . Our stage is indebted to the German authors for many scenes of interest and ...
... play of Isidor und Olga , written by Professor Raupach , which was produced about three years since , at the Berlin Theatre , and was extremely popular . Our stage is indebted to the German authors for many scenes of interest and ...
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... play ! Oss . Call'st thou that fair play , when a man pays in base coin ? Fed . They would not have taken thee in payment , I trow . Oss . Most likely not . - A gambler need not keep a fool . Fed . But how comes it that he has this ...
... play ! Oss . Call'st thou that fair play , when a man pays in base coin ? Fed . They would not have taken thee in payment , I trow . Oss . Most likely not . - A gambler need not keep a fool . Fed . But how comes it that he has this ...
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... play every year . But Congreve was too fastidious a writer , to endanger his re putation by such hasty productions as this contract demanded ; and his patron , Lord Halifax , having bestowed on him several valuable appointments , he was ...
... play every year . But Congreve was too fastidious a writer , to endanger his re putation by such hasty productions as this contract demanded ; and his patron , Lord Halifax , having bestowed on him several valuable appointments , he was ...
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