 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1829 - 606 pages
...an engagement in Cork, and I met him at a supper party, to which Miss Philips bad been also invited. This celebrated actor complimented her in the most...said, would be certain. On her return to Dublin, her saiary was raised to three guineas a week. I believe her first engagement in England, some years afterwards,... | |
 | James Boaden - Actors - 1831 - 402 pages
...the distress of Drury Lane house, Reynolds writes for Mrs. Jordan — Cumberland's bebeen invited. This celebrated actor complimented her in the most...a higher walk in comedy, than playing Romps ; and success, he said, would be certain. On her return to Dublin, her salary was raised to three guineas... | |
 | James Boaden - Actors - 1831 - 410 pages
...advising her to study her profession, and to assume a higher walk in comedy, than playing Romps ; and success, he said, would be certain. On her return...Dublin, her salary was raised to three guineas a week." — From Pryse Gordon's Personal Memoirs, vol. ip 341. Mrs. Daly, the once celebrated Miss Barsanti,... | |
 | 1831 - 444 pages
...receipts. The young " bucks" of Cork insisted on her having a free bent-fit, by which she cleared 40i. On her return to Dublin, her salary was raised to three guineas a week. From Dublin she went to Waterford, where a Lieutenant Doyne fell in love with and ottered her his hand.... | |
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I met at a supper-party, to which Miss Phillips had also been invited. This celebrated actor complimented her in the most flattering manner on her talents, advising her to study her profession, and to assume a higher walk in comedy than playing Romps;... 