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... actress of Garrick's time , successor to the glamorous Nell Gwyn , was Peg Woffington . Like her predecessor she had risen from extremely hum- ble origins . She was a seasoned player , almost , at the age of eleven . But hers , too ...
... actress of Garrick's time , successor to the glamorous Nell Gwyn , was Peg Woffington . Like her predecessor she had risen from extremely hum- ble origins . She was a seasoned player , almost , at the age of eleven . But hers , too ...
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... actress with a wooden leg . We can forgive the degree of vanity reflected in this because of her energy in performing in the trenches for the entertainment of the troops . The veteran actress , apparently inexhaustible in her vigor ...
... actress with a wooden leg . We can forgive the degree of vanity reflected in this because of her energy in performing in the trenches for the entertainment of the troops . The veteran actress , apparently inexhaustible in her vigor ...
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... actress already beginning to lose popularity is vaguely troubled by the knowl- edge that her success is vanishing in public life and that she has spent no time making a success of her human relationships . Constantin , her son , writes ...
... actress already beginning to lose popularity is vaguely troubled by the knowl- edge that her success is vanishing in public life and that she has spent no time making a success of her human relationships . Constantin , her son , writes ...
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