excerpt from 'Music and manners; personal reminiscences and sketches of character' pp. 84 (111 words)
excerpt from 'Music and manners; personal reminiscences and sketches of character' pp. 84 (111 words)
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Before he [Von Huelsen] came of age he had written several farces and burlesques, three of which were performed, by Royal permission, in the concert-room of the Berlin Schauspielhaus before audiences consisting of the Court and fine fleur of Prussian Society. These performances brought Von Huelsen directly under the notice of Frederick William IV., an enthusiastic patron of the drama, who was so strongly impressed by the dramatic and managerial abilities of the youthful Guardsman that, during the representation of Mohr, Rekrut, und Jesuit — one of Von Kuelsen's best efforts — he remarked to his chief aide-de-camp: "There is the making of an excellent theatrical manager in that young fellow." |
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