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On the poster of the Comedie Francaise I read the words "Debut of Mlle. Sarah Bernhardt." I have no idea how long I stood there, fascinated by the letters of my name, but I remember that it seemed to me as though every person who stopped to read the poster looked at me afterwards, and I blushed to the very roots of my hair. At five o'clock I went to the theatre.
TALMA. The great reputation which circumstances and his friends have given to this actor has, probably, rendered him celebrated in England. Accordingly he made his debut in that line about fifteen or sixteen years ago. Without being brilliant, his first appearances were successful, and he was received on trial. He soon caused himself to be remarked by the correctness of his dress.
Her London début was on the 15th of December, 1806, in Portogallo's opera of "La Semi-ramide," composed for the occasion. The music of this work was of the most ephemeral nature, but Catalani's magnificent singing and acting gave it a heroic dignity. She lavished all the resources of her art on it.
"As Ever," I went on hurriedly; "Gideon's great pal, you know, brother of Always. And Mrs. Siddons " "Who made her debut six years after Garrick's farewell...And you're all wrong about Kean. But don't let me stop you. Which is Nell Gwynne?" "Nelly? Ah, no, she isn't in the picture. But she stopped here once for lunch quite by chance and unattended, save for a poor fool she had found in the forest.
The barber had to call in extra help, because of the trimming of beards and shaving of chins and cutting of hair that the party entailed. Judge Middleton was chosen to make the speech naming the guest of honor for whom the debut party was given. "He's got the gift of gab," Pete Barnes had said, "but I hope he ain't gonter forget 'twas my idee."
Her début in England was an absolute conquest of the nation; and when it was shocked by the news of her untimely death, hundreds of those unsympathetic, unæsthetic, unenthusiastic English people put mourning on for the wonderfully gifted young woman, snatched away in the midst of her brilliant career.
Milicent's début is one of them. I'll bring her out with a ball when she has had enough of her finishing school. Ex-Senator Ludlow thinks it an inspiration." The men exchanged a look. "Handsome Ludlow isn't an ideal adviser for young girls," dropped Shelby, quietly. "He's a victim of gossip; he told me so. You and I know too well what that means to countenance it.
The morning's newspapers were before her, sent, no doubt, by Dymes's direction, and she mused over the eye-attracting announcements of her debut. 'Mrs. Harvey Rolfe's First Violin Recital, Prince's Hall, this afternoon, at 3. It gave her no more gratification than if the name had been that of a stranger. The world had grown as unreal as a nightmare.
His family name was Conlin, from which it will be seen that he came naturally by his insight into Irish character; but he changed this name when he went upon the stage to the more romantic and euphonious one of Florence. He gave evidence of possessing unusual dramatic talent while still a boy, and made his début on the regular stage at the age of eighteen.
In New York late in 1842 four men "Dan" Emmett, Frank Brower, "Billy" Whitlock, and "Dick" Pelham practiced together with fiddle and banjo, "bones" and tambourine, and thus was born the first company, the "Virginia Minstrels," which made its formal debut in New York February 17, 1843.
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