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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.
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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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Wilkins, Edward (Ned) author

People Mentioned in this Work

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]

MENTIONED IN - The Tug of War

Clifton, Ada

Very little is known about Ada Clifton’s early life before she came to the stage in New York. Ireland places Ada Clifton’s debut on the New York stage in 1855 and labels her as a pupil of Mrs.

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