Romances of Early America

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Echoes of the Playhouse: Reminiscences of Some Past Glories of the English Stage 1895

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Echoes of the Playhouse. Reminiscences of Some Past Glories of the English Stage

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Biography: The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield (Annotated)

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CONTENTS I. FROM TAVERN TO THEATRE II. AN ENTRE-ACTE III. A BELLE OF METTLE IV. MANAGERIAL WICKEDNESS V. A DEAD HERO VI. IN TRAGIC PATHS VII. NANCE AT HOME VIII. THE MIMIC WORLD IX. "GRIEF À LA MODE" X. THE BARTON BOOTHS XI. THE FADING OF A STAR APPENDIX PORTRAITS Frontispiece: Mrs. Anne Oldfield Title-page: Mrs. Oldfield in the Character of Fair Rosamond Colley Cibber in the Character of Sir Novelty Fashion Robert Wilks William Congreve Mrs. Anne Bracegirdle Mrs. Bracegirdle as the "Sultaness" Joseph Addison Mrs. Anne Oldfield Mr. Mills, Mrs. Porter, Mr. Cibber Sir John Vanbrugh Sir Richard Steele Barton Booth THE PALMY DAYS OF NANCE OLDFIELD CHAPTER I FROM TAVERN TO THEATRE "Out of question, you were born in a merry hour," says Don Pedro to the blithesome heroine of "Much Ado About Nothing." "No, sure, my lord," answers Beatrice. "My mother cried; but then there was a star danced, and under that was I born." Surely a star, possibly Venus, must have danced gaily on a certain night in the year of grace 1683, when the wife of Captain Oldfield, gentleman by birth and Royal Guardsman by profession, brought into the busy, unfeeling world of London a pretty mite of a girl. 'Twas a year of grace indeed, for the little stranger happened to be none other than Anne Oldfield, whose elegance of manner, charm of voice and action and loveliness of face would in time make her the most delightful comedienne of her day. Perhaps she found no instant welcome, this diminutive maiden who came smiling into existence laden with a message from the sunshine; her father was richer in ancestry than guineas, and the arrival of another daughter may have seemed an honour hardly worth the bestowal.A But Thalia laughed, as well she might, and even the stern features of Melpomene relaxed a little in witnessing the birth of one who would prove almost as wondrous in tragedy, when she so minded, as she was fascinating in the gentler phases of her art. Footnote A: According to Edmund Bellchambers, Anne Oldfield "would have possessed a tolerable fortune, had not her father, a captain in the army, expended it at a very early period." Yet the laughter of Thalia and the unbending of her sister Muse were hardly likely to make much impression in the Oldfield household, where money had more admirers than mythology, and so we are not surprised to learn that, with the death of the gallant captain, this "incomparable sweet girl," who would ere long reconcile even a supercilious Frenchman to the English stage, had to seek her living as a seamstress. How she sewed a bodice or hemmed a petticoat we know not, nor do we care; it is far more interesting to be told that, though only in her early teens, the toiler with the needle found her greatest recreation in reading Beaumont and Fletcher's plays. The modern young woman, be her station high or low, would take no pleasure in such a literary occupation, but in the days of Nance Oldfield to con the pages of Beaumont and Fletcher was considered a privilege rather than a duty. Then, again, the little seamstress had a soul above threads and thimbles; her heart was with the players, and we can imagine her running off some idle afternoon to peep slyly into Drury Lane Theatre, or perhaps walk over into Lincoln's Inn Fields, where the noble Betterton and his companions had formed a rival company. The performance over, she hurries to the Mitre Tavern, in St. James's Market, and here she is sure of a warm welcome, as is but natural, since the Mrs. Voss who rules the destinies of the hostelry is Anne's elder sisterA. Here the girl loves to spend those rare moments of leisure, reading aloud the comedies of long ago and dreaming of the future; and here, too, it is that dashing Captain Farquhar listens in amazement as she recites the "Scornful Lady." Footnote A: According to one authority Mrs. Voss was Anne's aunt. We adhere, however, to Dr. Doran's account of the relationship. George Farquhar--

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Echoes of the Playhouse. Reminiscences of Some Past Glories of the English Stage

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The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield

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The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield. 1898

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Chasing An Iron Horse ; Or, A Boy'S Adventures In The Civil War FACSIMILE

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A Boy in Early Virginia : Or Adventures with Captain John Smith (1901)(Hardback) - 2010 Edition

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Chasing an Iron Horse: Civil War Classic Library

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The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield

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Chasing An Iron Horse ; Or, A Boy's Adventures In The Civil War by Edward Robins (2008-07-01)

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Chasing an iron horse: or, A boy's adventures in the civil war

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