Headline
Hawking Theatre Tickets
Publication Date
1908-04-22
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Publication Year
1908
Page
3
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Summary

The play's the thing,' sang the much quoted William. The natives of fair Cathay think similarly. When a popular piece is staged at the Taiping theatre a speculator usually buys up all the best seats and then sells them at the door, or in the streets. One hawker was fined $5.

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