The Play-bills, 1830 [ Practices ]
… with all this, he is not sure that there may not be something else, some new play to be announced, or some new appearance. The advertisements in the papers will not supply him with the information, for they are only abridgments: … as he can, and filling up one of his four pages with puffs of the exhibitions. The rogue is furthermore of a squalid appearance,— "shabby” with out being “genteel ;” and so is his friend the Theatrical Observer. The following is a taste … "On the wings of morning," from Hoffer, which she sung very effectively. Mrs Weston, of Covent Garden, made her first appearance as the Countess, and gave excellent effect to the character.” How judiciously, in this criticism, are our …
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