The Actor: A Treatise on the Art of Playing. Interspersed with Theatrical Anecdotes, Critical Remarks on Plays, and Occasional Observations on AudiencesR. Griffiths, 1750 - 326 страници |
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... mind , that determines the force of the fcene ; and ' tis evident that this is a quality of more confequence in playing than in any other profeffion . In what road of playing it is most important , remains to be enquired into . People ...
... mind , that determines the force of the fcene ; and ' tis evident that this is a quality of more confequence in playing than in any other profeffion . In what road of playing it is most important , remains to be enquired into . People ...
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... mind to all these changes , let him not think of offering himself to the public as a player . The performer , who does not himfelf feel the feveral emotions he is to exprefs to the audience , will give but a lifelefs and infipid re ...
... mind to all these changes , let him not think of offering himself to the public as a player . The performer , who does not himfelf feel the feveral emotions he is to exprefs to the audience , will give but a lifelefs and infipid re ...
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... - grief interrupts my speech ; My foul o'erflows in fondnefs- let him know , I dy'd to fave him , and wou'd die again . Seafon his mind with early hints of glory ; Make : Make him acquainted with his ancestors . Trace out The ACTOR . 17.
... - grief interrupts my speech ; My foul o'erflows in fondnefs- let him know , I dy'd to fave him , and wou'd die again . Seafon his mind with early hints of glory ; Make : Make him acquainted with his ancestors . Trace out The ACTOR . 17.
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... excruciating uneafinefs ; the ridiculous doating of an old and impotent lover , and the fufpicious refentments of a jealous hufband , or infulted rival ; the noble bolJnefs the boldness of a daring , generous mind ; and the 20 The ACTOR .
... excruciating uneafinefs ; the ridiculous doating of an old and impotent lover , and the fufpicious refentments of a jealous hufband , or infulted rival ; the noble bolJnefs the boldness of a daring , generous mind ; and the 20 The ACTOR .
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... mind ; and the contemptible timidity of a pufillanimous heart : if he cannot represent to us with the same strength and spirit , a ftupid admiration , and an infolent difdain ; all the extravagances of the most in- terested felf - love ...
... mind ; and the contemptible timidity of a pufillanimous heart : if he cannot represent to us with the same strength and spirit , a ftupid admiration , and an infolent difdain ; all the extravagances of the most in- terested felf - love ...
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Страница 146 - I'll smell it on the tree. — [Kissing her. O balmy breath, that dost almost persuade Justice to break her sword ! — One more, one more. — Be thus when thou art dead, and I will kill thee, And love thee after : — One more, and this the last : So sweet was ne'er so fatal.