The Play-bills, 1830 [ Practices ]
… on the friendly suggestion of a Correspondent, who thinks that the public will not be sorry for this union of a paper with a play-bill ; and that by and by, to use his pleasant quotation, Tatlers will be “ frequent and full” in the pit and … multiplied, and to see the ladies bending over us. Happy shall we be, to be pinned to the cushions for their sakes. Without a play-bill, no true play-goer can be comfortable. If the performers are new to him, he cannot dispense with knowing who they are: if old, there are the names of the characters to learn, and the relationships of the dramatis …
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