The Dramatic Peerage


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The Baddington peerage


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The Portland Peerage Romance


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This is a biography focused on the Bentinck family, holders of the Portland Peerage in Great Britain at the time the biography was written (1907). The book begins with a chapter about the first Bentinck, whom the author regards as a hero. At the time of writing, there was a claim on the peerage by the Druce family, but this was several generations after the first Bentinck, Hans William, a Dutch citizen.







The Theatre


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Vol. for 1888 includes dramatic directory for Feb.-Dec.; vol. for 1889 includes dramatic directory for Jan.-May.







Theatre and Fashion


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This is the first book to explore the fascinating relationship between theatre, fashion, and society in the period from the 1890s to the Great War.