Old and New London, Vol. 3: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places; Illustrated with Numerous Engravings from the Most Authentic Sources; Westminster and the Western Suburbs (Classic Reprint)
Old and New London, Vol. 3: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places; Illustrated with Numerous Engravings from the Most Authentic Sources; Westminster and the Western Suburbs (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from Old and New London, Vol. 3: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places; Illustrated With Numerous Engravings From the Most Authentic Sources; Westminster and the Western Suburbs Of Killigrew it is recorded by Pepys that when a boy he would go to the 'red Bull, ' and when the man cried to the boys, 'who will go to be a devil, and he shall see the play for nothing?' then would he go in, and be a devil on the stage, and so get to see plays. It may here be remarked by way of parenthesis that the Red ...
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Excerpt from Old and New London, Vol. 3: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places; Illustrated With Numerous Engravings From the Most Authentic Sources; Westminster and the Western Suburbs Of Killigrew it is recorded by Pepys that when a boy he would go to the 'red Bull, ' and when the man cried to the boys, 'who will go to be a devil, and he shall see the play for nothing?' then would he go in, and be a devil on the stage, and so get to see plays. It may here be remarked by way of parenthesis that the Red Bull which stood at the end of St. John Street, Clerkenwell, was, according to tradition, the playhouse before which Shakespeare held gentlemen's horses. Dr. Doran writes In December, 1661 there is a crowded house at the theatre in Lincoln 5 Inn Fields, to see young Mr. Betterton play the Dane's part in Ham/at, charming Mistress Saunderson acting 'ophelia.' Old ladies and gentlemen ock in crowds to witness it, and the streets are fairly blocked with the lumbering carriages; among the carriage folk being Mrs. Palmer, destined to become, next year, Countess of Castlemaine. It 's. Beyond imagination, whispers Mr. Pepys to his neighbour. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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