The Play-bills, 1830 [ Practices ]
… They will be printed in an open and distinct manner, to suit all eyes ; and, it is hoped, may serve as companions to the theatre, like the regular bills that are sold at the doors. The measure has been adopted on the friendly suggestion of a … of a magic seat, which ejected with violence any knight who was not qualified to sit down in it. If the benches of the theatre could be imbued with the noble sentiments that abound on the stage, thus would they eject the man who was too … precedence now for the first time given to the ladies. … "Without a play-bill, no true play-goer can be comfortable." … Theatre … Advertisement … Leigh Hunt, The Tatler. a Daily Journal of Literature and the Stage, Vol 1 Iss 12 (1830-09-17). …
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