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Pullen: January 2007
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To Jonathon Swift, Efq. The D of Bolton I hear hath run away with Polly Peachum, having settled 400£ a year upon her during pleasure, and upon disagreement 200£ a year. The first actress to play Polly Peachum, innocent lover of highway-man Macheath in Gay's. The play - arguably the greatest hit of the 18th century stage - had been rejected by Colley Cibber for Drury Lane as being too expensive and too bizarre to be a success; though when it proved to be a hit he was later to stage it there. Our first gre...
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Pullen: May 2007
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A single Jail, in ALFRED'S golden Reign,. Could half the Nation's Criminals contain;. Fair Justice then, without Constraint ador'd,. Sustain'd the Ballance, but resign'd the Sword;. No Spies were paid, no. How diff'rent from our own! London: A Poem (1738). Pasquin's benefit ticket,. William Hogarth, engraved ticket for Joe Miller's Benefit. Twas as much as we could. The Old Bailey Proceedings. Deposition of James Barnes (arresting officer) to the court December 8th 1736. Is not an easy one:. I serv'd the...
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Pullen: March 2009
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St James's Park: the Ton saunters. Thomas Gainsborough, 'The Mall' (1783). A woman marrying a woman according to the rites of the Established Church is something strange and unnatural. Yet did this woman, under the outward garb of a man, marry fourteen of her own sex.'. Great Numbers of people flock to see her in Bridwell. [She] appears very bold and impudent. She seems very gay, with Perriwig, Ruffles, and Breeches.'. Her crime was considered as a form of fraud: the court determined that she was '.
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Pullen: December 2006
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BOSWELL: "Would not you, Sir, start as Mr. Garrick does, if you saw a Ghost? JOHNSON: "I hope not. If I did, I should frighten the Ghost! The Criterion by which I judge an Actor. I have felt the highest admiration when I have seen you in your capital parts: but it has been only admiration. Nothing but nature could well exceed many of your imitations; - and Mrs. Cibber was nature. Where is the beauteous majesty of Denmark? A Letter to David Garrick, Efq. Noisy brawls and dark deeds were common in Drury La...
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Pullen: Tell it to the Bees
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Tell it to the Bees. It's not often that I descend from the 18thC to the present day, but even I'm willing to make the trip for my friend Fiona's latest novel (her fourth) -. Tell it to the Bees. Told through the eyes of a young boy, Charlie, growing up in the 1950s, it is the story of the dissolution of a marriage and development of a love. It is subtly and gently told, and utterly gripping. I read it in two sittings. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. When they were Young.
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Pullen: St. James's Street
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Nip through the Park and do a quick dog-leg by way of Spring Garden (an alley), Cockspur, Warwick Street and Pall Mall, and you would find yourself in St. James's Street. Here you could enjoy the company of the gentle sex (for a price) at the Bagnio at number 63. Next door were Fenton's Hotel and the Cocoa Tree coffee shop (no. 64) which catered to the Tory MPs. The Whigs used the St. James coffee house just up the road at number 60. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile.
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Pullen: Sarah Churchill on the Credit Crunch:
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Sarah Churchill on the Credit Crunch:. Among those who sold their shares in the South Sea Co. and made a killing before it all went chalk-outline-of-banker-on-the-pavement shaped, was Sarah Churchill (née Jenyns), Duchess of Marlborough. Her punditry is as pertinent today as it was in 1720:. Aha, handy with trowel and mortar as well as stocks and shares then. [That's maybe where Winston got his whim for bricklaying]. 31 May 2009 at 12:28:00 GMT. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile.
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Pullen: When they were Young
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When they were Young. Archelaus, my hero, is 19 in 1720, the year that. Is set. The illegitimate child of a nobleman and a theatrical performer, Archie has never met his father, who dies shortly after the novel opens. Portrait of a Young Man. But for every ten chaps who looked a bit burkish, there was always one who managed to look cool no matter what get-up he was shown in:. John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. When they were Young. A Famble, ...
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Pullen: February 2007
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In 1730, the British papers recorded with great interest the visit of a delegation of Cherokee Indians who had been enticed over by the Scottish baronet Alexander Cumming. 12 June - Daily Journal. Seven Kings or Chiefs of the Chirakee Indians, bordering upon Carolina, are come over in the Fox Man of War, Capt. Arnold, in order to pay their duty to his Majesty, and assure him of their attachment to his person and Government, &c. In English dress, walking in St. James's Park. 3 October - Daily Journal.
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Pullen: April 2008
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Drury Lane, 1698. Henri Misson, visiting London from France in the late 17th century, gives an excellent description of the interior of the theatre:. The Pit is an Amphitheatre, fill'd with Benches without Backboards, and adorn'd and cover'd with green Cloth. Men of Quality, particularly the younger Sort, some Ladies of Reputation and Virtue, and abundance of Damsels that haunt for Prey, sit all together in this Place, Higgledy-piggledy, chatter, toy, play, hear, hear not. The Playhouse: A Satire. She kn...
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