Occasional Papers: Dramatic and HistoricalBickers, 1906 - 251 страници |
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... instance either profitable or expedient to deal with its achievement . But the eighteenth century is not open to these objections ; in this case the materials are sufficient ; our stage becomes for the first time in some measure living ...
... instance either profitable or expedient to deal with its achievement . But the eighteenth century is not open to these objections ; in this case the materials are sufficient ; our stage becomes for the first time in some measure living ...
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... instance of the keen emulation of the actors of that day in following one another in classical parts , and of the critical enthusiasm that was stirred in the public , whenever a new Othello , or Hamlet , or Falstaff challenged ...
... instance of the keen emulation of the actors of that day in following one another in classical parts , and of the critical enthusiasm that was stirred in the public , whenever a new Othello , or Hamlet , or Falstaff challenged ...
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... and haled them before the magistrates . A less disastrous instance of these curious interruptions was that of a gentleman who was so stirred by the beauty of Mrs. Woffington's performance of Cordelia 8 THE ENGLISH STAGE.
... and haled them before the magistrates . A less disastrous instance of these curious interruptions was that of a gentleman who was so stirred by the beauty of Mrs. Woffington's performance of Cordelia 8 THE ENGLISH STAGE.
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... instance of the method of Betterton's art , Cibber describes for us his treatment of the scene in Hamlet , in which the Prince first sees his father's spirit . It was the custom , he says , of most actors , on seeing the ghost , to ...
... instance of the method of Betterton's art , Cibber describes for us his treatment of the scene in Hamlet , in which the Prince first sees his father's spirit . It was the custom , he says , of most actors , on seeing the ghost , to ...
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... instances of such pro- ceedings abound in the theatrical memoirs of the time ; an alteration in prices , an unpopular regulation by the managers , the employment of foreigners , the non - appearance of an artist , the reported ill ...
... instances of such pro- ceedings abound in the theatrical memoirs of the time ; an alteration in prices , an unpopular regulation by the managers , the employment of foreigners , the non - appearance of an artist , the reported ill ...
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Страница 38 - If I were a woman, I would kiss as many of you as had beards that pleased me, complexions that liked me, and breaths that I defied not...
Страница 32 - Cold are those hands, which, living, were stretched forth At friendship's call to succour modest worth. Here lies James Quin ! deign reader to be taught (Whate'er thy strength of body, force of thought, In nature's happiest mould however cast), To this complexion thou must come at last.
Страница 116 - Till one wide conflagration swallows all. Thence a new world, to nature's laws unknown, Breaks out refulgent, with a heaven its own: Another Cynthia her new journey runs, And other planets circle other suns. The forests dance, the rivers upward rise, Whales sport in woods, and dolphins in the skies; And last, to give the whole creation grace, Lo! one vast egg produces human race. Joy fills his soul, joy innocent of thought; What power, he cries, what power these wonders wrought?
Страница 61 - ... is, and ought to be, in many points of view, and strictly speaking, no imitation at all of external nature. Perhaps it ought to be as far removed from the vulgar idea of imitation as the refined civilised state in which we live is removed from a gross state of nature...
Страница 25 - I have often seen her in private societies, where women of the best rank might have borrowed some part of her behaviour without the least diminution of their sense or dignity...
Страница 114 - Circe,' and others, all set off with the most expensive decorations of scenes and habits, with the best voices and dancers. " This sensual supply of sight and sound coming in to the assistance of the weaker party, it was no wonder they should grow too hard for sense and simple nature, when it is considered how many more people there are that can see and hear than think and judge.
Страница 21 - I was resolved to walk thither and see the last office done to a man whom I had always very much admired, and from whose action I had received more strong impressions of what is great and noble in human nature, than from the arguments of the most solid philosophers, or the descriptions of the most charming poets I had ever read.
Страница 36 - In spite of outward blemishes, she shone, For humour fam'd, and humour all her own. Easy, as if at home, the stage she trod, Nor sought the critic's praise, nor fear'd his rod. Original in spirit and in ease, She pleas'd by hiding all attempts to please. No comic actress ever yet could raise, On humour's base, more merit or more praise.
Страница 56 - Garrick, the charming man, the fine fellow, the delightful creature, both by men and ladies, when they were admiring everything you did and everything you scribbled, at this very time, /, the.
Страница 46 - Here Havard, all serene, in the same strains, Loves, hates, and rages, triumphs, and complains ; His easy vacant face proclaim'da heart Which could not feel emotions, nor impart. With him came mighty Davies. On my life, That Davies hath a very pretty wife :— Statesman all over !— In plots famous grown !— He mouths a sentence, as curs mouth a bone.