The Harry Watkins Diary, Volume 11 [July 22, 1853–June 12, 1854]
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- The Harry Watkins Diary, Volume 11 [July 22, 1853–June 12, 1854]
- Author
- Harry Watkins
- Editor
- Amy E. Hughes, Naomi Stubbs
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- Harry Watkins. Diary. Papers of the Skinner family, 1874-1979 (inclusive), box 17, MS Thr 857. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
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- July 22, 1853
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"The Harry Watkins Diary, Volume 11 [July 22, 1853–June 12, 1854]." In the digital collection The Harry Watkins Diary: Digital Edition. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hwatkins/hwatkins.0011.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 31, 2025.
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person in the company wondered at it for the play had certainly made a hit. But it was one of those things that cannot be accounted for. I have observed it in other cases …slipthough I never before experienced it myself. Some of the finest pieces of acting are often visited witnessed by an audience without the slightest manifestation of applause though, at the same time, they may be extremely well pleased, at on other times as occasions on other occasions the most mediocre representation will be hailed with enthusiasm. Burke advised me, in a conversation that pass we had in his dressing room after the performance, to continue to star it and he felt confident that I would ultimately succeed. Believing this adice to be given in good faith I shall act upon it—if provided I can get a start—which is the most difficult part of the business