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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874 edition. Excerpt: ...of the greatest ability; and as for the auxiliaries of scenery, dresses, and decorations, they are as superior to what our fathers and grand-fathers were accustomed to, as the bright jets of gas are to the dim rays of an old oil-lamp. Grumblers there were, grumblers there are, and grumblers there ever will be, and they have found fault, and will continue to find fault, with the stage as it is. Let them then refer to the playbills of the early part of this century, and although I frankly admit the casts were strong, they will see there was little or no variety. A stranger coming now to London for two or three weeks, will find every class of drama admirably put on the stage, and he will nightly witness a change, whereas in bygone times it was a case of toujours perdrix. Then, how great are the improvements as to comfort! In my younger days it was necessary after having secured places, to occupy them before the termination of the first act, and as the 172 HAPPY REBUKE. curtain rose at half-past six, this entailed a very early dinner. Now your stall is kept for you during the whole evening, and you may lounge in after a seven o'clock dinner. There is one great drawback to the lovers of music, which is the introduction of stalls, where the majority congregate, not to listen to the opera, but to their own insipid conversation. Never was there a happier rebuke than that made by a popular member of the legal profession to a gentleman who kept up a running fire of small talk with his neighbour. " Sir," said he, " what an impudent fellow that Rubini must be!" " Really," responded the other, " I was not aware of that." " Were you not? Why, the fellow has the impudence to spoil your conversation by his singing." The vapid chatterer looked crestfallen, and...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781150577208
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 58
  • Spine Width: 3 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1150577207
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jul 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 122 gr


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