Word: covention
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Dates: during 1922-1922
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...library consists for the most part of biographies of stage celebrities, narratives of Green Room gossip which were privately printed or issued from provincial presses, and local theatrical playbills. The biographies are those of Cooke, Garrick, Jordon, Kemble, Macready, and Siddons; that of Garrick is illustrated with playbills of Covent Garden. There is also a representative group of the collected writings of the nineteenth century. The steadily increasing demand for these editions by libraries and the almost continuous use of them by students of literature makes it particularly desirable for the Library to have a second set of these works...
...given by Mr. Mantell's company the audience had a chance to see "Richelieu" produced in a way that could not have differed radically from the first production at Covent Garden in 1839, save in the merits of the acting. Judging from appearances the scenery might have been a treasured heir-loom from the store-house of Macready. The incidental music that was played throughout was a complete hang-over from the first performance. Encouragement may be had, however, from the size--if not the warmth--of the audience which welcomed Mr. Mantell back to Boston...