A History of the New York Stage from the First Performance in 1732 to 1901, Том 1Dodd, Mead, 1902 |
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... scenes , curtains , and wings . were all carried by the managers in their " property " trunks . A green curtain was suspended from the ceiling . A pair of paper screens were erected upon the right and left hand sides , for wings . Six ...
... scenes , curtains , and wings . were all carried by the managers in their " property " trunks . A green curtain was suspended from the ceiling . A pair of paper screens were erected upon the right and left hand sides , for wings . Six ...
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... scenes , cloaths , people , etc. , and in October , 1750 , sent out to this place Robert Upton , in order to obtain permission to perform , erect a building , and settle every- thing against our arrival , for which service Mr. Hallam ...
... scenes , cloaths , people , etc. , and in October , 1750 , sent out to this place Robert Upton , in order to obtain permission to perform , erect a building , and settle every- thing against our arrival , for which service Mr. Hallam ...
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... scene of the grave - diggers was re- stored , which , from a whim of Mr. Garrick , of late years had been omitted . " The Orphan of China " and " The Poor Soldier , " 23 . The advertisements of the day contained the following : " It is ...
... scene of the grave - diggers was re- stored , which , from a whim of Mr. Garrick , of late years had been omitted . " The Orphan of China " and " The Poor Soldier , " 23 . The advertisements of the day contained the following : " It is ...
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... scene , and , while his own heart was lacerated by an accumulation of family misfortunes , he was the constant delight and the admiration of the public . His integ- rity , though he was engaged in a profession with which calumny is ...
... scene , and , while his own heart was lacerated by an accumulation of family misfortunes , he was the constant delight and the admiration of the public . His integ- rity , though he was engaged in a profession with which calumny is ...
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... scene , he was saluted with a shower of rotten apples . Thus ended Kean's first appearance . " The next day Kean published the following to the public : " With oppressed feelings , heart - rending to my friends , and triumphant to my ...
... scene , he was saluted with a shower of rotten apples . Thus ended Kean's first appearance . " The next day Kean published the following to the public : " With oppressed feelings , heart - rending to my friends , and triumphant to my ...
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Страница 28 - I disclaim all intention of offering any thing in the shape of disrespect towards the inhabitants of New York ; they received me from the first with an enthusiasm, grateful in those hours to my pride, in the present to my memory. I cannot recall to my mind any act or thought, that did not prompt me to an unfeigned acknowledgment of their...
Страница 5 - Estates, it cannot be supposed that we have a Fund sufficient to bear up against such unexpected Repulses. A Journey by Sea and Land, Five Hundred Miles, is not undertaken without Money. Therefore if the worthy Magistrates would consider this in our...
Страница 367 - This silenced all but the rioters, who continued to drown all sound of what was said upon the stage. Not a word of the first act could be heard by any one in the house.
Страница 279 - The sun is but a spark of fire, A transient meteor in the sky; The soul, immortal as its Sire, Shall never die I
Страница 28 - That I have committed an error appears too evident from the all-decisive voice of the public ; but surely it is but justice to the delinquent (whatever may be his enormities) to be allowed to make reparation where the offences were committed.
Страница 367 - WORKING MEN Shall AMERICANS or ENGLISH RULE in this city? The crew of the British steamer have threatened all Americans who shall dare to express their opinion this night at the English ARISTOCRATIC Opera House! We advocate no violence, but a free expression of opinion to all public men.
Страница 15 - ... of Yankee-doodle. The monument, erected by Edmund Kean, consists of a pedestal, surmounted by an urn, with this inscription: — "Erected to the memory of George Frederick Cooke, by Edmund Kean, of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, 1821;" and, beneath, this not very choice, nor very accurate distich : "Three kingdoms claim his birth. Both hemispheres pronounce his worth...
Страница 367 - SHALL AMERICANS OR ENGLISH RULE IN THIS CITY? The crew of the British steamer have threatened all Americans who shall dare to express their opinions, this night at the ENGLISH ARISTOCRATIC OPERA HOUSE!
Страница 4 - Hallam advanced no inconsiderable Sum. But Mr. Upton, on his Arrival, found here that Sett of Pretenders with whom he joined and, unhappily for us, quite neglected the Business he was sent about from England. For we never heard from him after.
Страница 264 - ... over his arm, the stove-pipe hat . . . drawn down over one eye, his trousers tucked into his boots, a stump of a cigar pointing up from his lips to his eye, the soap locks plastered flat on his temples, and his jaw protruded into a half beastly, half human expression of contemptuous ferocity. . . . Taking the cigar stump from his mouth and turning halfway round to spit, he said, "I ain't a goin...