[Robert Chambers (1802-71) describes an engagement of Mrs. Siddons at he Theatre Royal, Edinburgh, in May 1784, and the night she played Isabella in Southerne's tragedy, The Fatal Marriage.] People came from distant places, even from Newcastle, to witness what all spoke of with wonder. There were one day applications for 2,557 places, while there …
Claude Monet, Interior de la estación Saint-Lazare. In times past, when people wandered the world on foot, rode on horseback, or sailed in ships, the journey itself accustomed them to the change. Images of the earth passed ever so slowly before their eyes, the stage revolved in a barely perceptible way. The voyage lasted weeks, …
Un clásico de cuando empezaron a ponerse de moda en la tele este tipo de personajes.