Memoirs of the Life of John Philip Kemble, Esq: Including a History of the Stage, from the Time of Garrick to the Present Period, Volumen1R.H. Small, 1825 - 607 páginas |
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... Kemble's own neat handwriting . The Order Books are in similar volumes , but in the even and distinct writing of some practiced clerk in Colonel Kemble's office . All have remained among the Kemble family papers to this day . Four of ...
... Kemble's own neat handwriting . The Order Books are in similar volumes , but in the even and distinct writing of some practiced clerk in Colonel Kemble's office . All have remained among the Kemble family papers to this day . Four of ...
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... Kemble's brother Charles . Of these some eighteen Shakespeares and a number of non - Shakespeares are preserved in the library of the Garrick Club . The fourth set - thirty - nine books , most of which are here reproduced in facsimile ...
... Kemble's brother Charles . Of these some eighteen Shakespeares and a number of non - Shakespeares are preserved in the library of the Garrick Club . The fourth set - thirty - nine books , most of which are here reproduced in facsimile ...
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... Kemble's Codex Diplomaticus Aevi Saxonici was , and is , the only comprehensive collection covering the whole period from the late seventh century to the Norman Conquest . It in- cluded much new material , notably the 180 Winchester ...
... Kemble's Codex Diplomaticus Aevi Saxonici was , and is , the only comprehensive collection covering the whole period from the late seventh century to the Norman Conquest . It in- cluded much new material , notably the 180 Winchester ...
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... Kemble's performance of Victorian discourses of respectability, arguing that her identity was formed through 'middle ... Kemble's autobiography, Corbett identifies Kemble's persistent return to her anxiety over the status of the actor ...
... Kemble's performance of Victorian discourses of respectability, arguing that her identity was formed through 'middle ... Kemble's autobiography, Corbett identifies Kemble's persistent return to her anxiety over the status of the actor ...
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... Kemble's difficulties . Cymon revived . Huniades . Mrs. Siddons acts Queen Elizabeth in Richard III . Mr. Kemble forced into a duel by Mr. J. Aickin . Road to Ruin . Richardson's comedy of the Fugitive . Siddons . Jealous Wife . Mr. Kemble ...
... Kemble's difficulties . Cymon revived . Huniades . Mrs. Siddons acts Queen Elizabeth in Richard III . Mr. Kemble forced into a duel by Mr. J. Aickin . Road to Ruin . Richardson's comedy of the Fugitive . Siddons . Jealous Wife . Mr. Kemble ...
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