Excerpt from Recollections of the Life of John O'keeffe, Vol. 2 of 2: Written by Himself Chafing-cross, saw the state coaches go by to St. James's Palace. It was the 4th of June, the King's birthday. But the success of my pen was now my great object, and I hastened to Soho-square. Mr. Colman was not at home, and I waited about half-an-hour in doubt and. Anxiety as to the fate of my play, for I had never heard from him on the subject, when he came in, in the highest spirits, was surprised to see me, and, shaking hands with ...
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Excerpt from Recollections of the Life of John O'keeffe, Vol. 2 of 2: Written by Himself Chafing-cross, saw the state coaches go by to St. James's Palace. It was the 4th of June, the King's birthday. But the success of my pen was now my great object, and I hastened to Soho-square. Mr. Colman was not at home, and I waited about half-an-hour in doubt and. Anxiety as to the fate of my play, for I had never heard from him on the subject, when he came in, in the highest spirits, was surprised to see me, and, shaking hands with a hearty we] come, said, Glad to see you; I 'm just come from your work, the rehearsal of The Dead Alive the performers all pleased with their parts, and in tiptop glee. It was acted about a week after, and justified all our hopes. At his request I sold him the copyright for 401. And received 601. Or something better, for my sixth night. The King commanded The Dead Alive. My brother Daniel had been settled in Lon don some years (an eminent miniature painter). About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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