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Excerpt from The Random Recollections of an Old Playgoer: A Sketch of Some Old Cork Theatres There are few things in this world's experience more strangely blended of the bitter and the sweet than the theatrical retrospections of one who has been accustomed to view closely the doings of the little world on the stage; few things are more unutterably sad than to trace with the minds eye the havoc of Time and Death amongst those gay, bright spirits that people the little world of the drama. Those who have been play-goers for years of their lifetime have many delightful reminiscences of the time they devoted to acquiring a knowledge of plays and players. Such remembrances are cherished in most men's minds with a tender, almost reverential regard. As a long life runs its course the mind often turns to the past, to gather from the contemplation of memory's hidden treasures such pleasures as perhaps we look in vain for in the present, or to glean some new diversion from things that have already yielded abundant amusement. As life's dial-shade creeps closer to the inevitable sunset, we are apt to place ever a higher value on the golden memories that link us to a bright and happy past. How dearly we love these things! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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