Dramatic Table Talk: Or, Scenes, Situations, & Adventures, Serious & Comic, in Theatrical History & Biography, Том 2Richard Ryan J. Knight & H. Lacey, 1825 |
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... Covent Garden , as Miss Peggy , in " The Country Girl . " It is true , she repeated the words of the part correctly ; her deportment was confident , unembarrassed , and sprightly ; her voice , for her age , powerful ; and her acting ...
... Covent Garden , as Miss Peggy , in " The Country Girl . " It is true , she repeated the words of the part correctly ; her deportment was confident , unembarrassed , and sprightly ; her voice , for her age , powerful ; and her acting ...
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... Covent Garden stage , January the first , 1753 , in the charac- ter of Theodosius . He retired from Drury - lane at the end of the season , 1788. He was edu- cated at Eton School and St. John's College , Cambridge . His taking to the ...
... Covent Garden stage , January the first , 1753 , in the charac- ter of Theodosius . He retired from Drury - lane at the end of the season , 1788. He was edu- cated at Eton School and St. John's College , Cambridge . His taking to the ...
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... Covent Garden Theatre , he revived Beaumont and Fletcher's play of " the Maid's Tragedy , " in which he performed the cha- racter of Melanthes ; Mrs. Pritchard , that of Evandra ; and Mrs. Bellamy , that of Aspasia . One morning , after ...
... Covent Garden Theatre , he revived Beaumont and Fletcher's play of " the Maid's Tragedy , " in which he performed the cha- racter of Melanthes ; Mrs. Pritchard , that of Evandra ; and Mrs. Bellamy , that of Aspasia . One morning , after ...
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... Covent Garden Company for many years , that , when the scene concluded , the Manager sent for him to his dressing room , and gave him the following sensible piece of advice . " Mr. Truman , you did not shake me in that scene so roughly ...
... Covent Garden Company for many years , that , when the scene concluded , the Manager sent for him to his dressing room , and gave him the following sensible piece of advice . " Mr. Truman , you did not shake me in that scene so roughly ...
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... Covent Garden for several seasons , during the management of Rich . On the 17th December , 1748 , the following entry was made : " The Merry Wives of Windsor , " and the " What d'ye call it ? " by command of the Prince of Wales : Prince ...
... Covent Garden for several seasons , during the management of Rich . On the 17th December , 1748 , the following entry was made : " The Merry Wives of Windsor , " and the " What d'ye call it ? " by command of the Prince of Wales : Prince ...
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Страница 168 - ... and then discovered his face, that the spectators might see how they had transformed him going on with their singing.
Страница 162 - The tragic paragons had grown — They were the children of her pride, The columns of her throne, And undivided favour ran From heart to heart in their applause. Save for the gallantry of man In lovelier woman's cause.
Страница 167 - In the city of Gloucester the manner is (as I think it is in other like corporations) that, when players of interludes come to town, they first attend the mayor, to inform him what nobleman's servants they are, and so to get licence for their public playing...
Страница 168 - ... and admonitions, that in the end they got him to lie down in a cradle upon the stage, where these three ladies, joining in a sweet song, rocked him asleep...