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... manager of various minor theatres for which he also wrote large numbers of melodramas , pantomimes , extrava- ganzas , musical romances and the like . He served as manager at Sadler's Wells , Davis's Ampitheatre and the Surrey Theatre ...
... manager of various minor theatres for which he also wrote large numbers of melodramas , pantomimes , extrava- ganzas , musical romances and the like . He served as manager at Sadler's Wells , Davis's Ampitheatre and the Surrey Theatre ...
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... manager of the Regency Theatre in 1810 after it first opened . In 1819 he was manager at the Coburg " where he staged innumerable melodramas of the most startling nature . " ( 23 ) He also produced the first plays at the Vauxhall ...
... manager of the Regency Theatre in 1810 after it first opened . In 1819 he was manager at the Coburg " where he staged innumerable melodramas of the most startling nature . " ( 23 ) He also produced the first plays at the Vauxhall ...
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Stanley Kahan. If this were not when the stage manager came out and announced : " Ladies and gentlemen , the scenery has fallen down . " ( 16 ) He was naturally met with roars of laughter . enough to add to the wo es of the manager , the ...
Stanley Kahan. If this were not when the stage manager came out and announced : " Ladies and gentlemen , the scenery has fallen down . " ( 16 ) He was naturally met with roars of laughter . enough to add to the wo es of the manager , the ...
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