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The Tug of War

Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "The Tug of War." New-York Saturday Press. 27 Aug. 1859: 2.
Type: 
newspaper
Genre: 
theater criticism
Abstract: 

This article is a review of the various plays during the summer theater season in New York. The reviewer discusses changes in players in Laura Keene's company, as well as at the New Metropolitan. A new tragedy is mentioned as well as a new opera and a few remarks are made to the experience of sitting in a crowded theater in New York City in August.

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Brougham, John [pages:2]
Clifton, Ada [pages:2]
Heron, Matilda [pages:2]
Jefferson, Joseph [pages:2]

This article refers to a Jefferson who recently left Laura Keene's company.

Keene, Laura [pages:2]
Sothern, Edward [pages:2]
Wallack, John [pages:2]