id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 11717 Robins, Edward The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield .txt text/plain 76102 4059 76 New Woman, in the persons of ladies who affected men's hats, feathers, "tho' the giddy head of Powel accepted the parts of Betterton, Mrs. Bracegirdle had a different way of thinking, and desir'd to be excused And finish the play Cibber did, casting Nance for the volatile Lady from acting to writing good plays and bad poetry, and while the wily [Footnote A: Come, says my Friend, let us step into this Coffee House We can imagine Sir Roger going, a year later, to see Mrs. Oldfield [Footnote A: As Cibber says, Mrs. Bracegirdle "inspired the best persons act on the stage at the same time are very different. [Footnote A: He (Booth) would play his best to a single man in the pit "About this time," writes Cibber, telling of the play's presentation, English actress, now living (one, by-the-way, who plays Nance Oldfield behind the scenes who plays it off with great success. ./cache/11717.txt ./txt/11717.txt