Dramatic Table Talk: Or, Scenes, Situations, & Adventures, Serious & Comic, in Theatrical History & Biography, Volumen2Richard Ryan J. Knight & H. Lacey, 1825 |
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... written a bad piece . See it again , and consider it better . " FAIR ADVERTISEMENT . THE following is copied from a Daily Adver- tiser , of the year 1741 . " At Lee and Woodward's Great Theatrical Tiled Booth , near the Turnpike ...
... written a bad piece . See it again , and consider it better . " FAIR ADVERTISEMENT . THE following is copied from a Daily Adver- tiser , of the year 1741 . " At Lee and Woodward's Great Theatrical Tiled Booth , near the Turnpike ...
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... written by the academician Moncriff , a critic , addressing himself to the author , said , - " The comedies of Moliere made us laugh ; and we cry at those of La Chaussé : but we neither laugh , nor cry , at your ' Abderites . ' Like ...
... written by the academician Moncriff , a critic , addressing himself to the author , said , - " The comedies of Moliere made us laugh ; and we cry at those of La Chaussé : but we neither laugh , nor cry , at your ' Abderites . ' Like ...
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... " and shakes his head : " A plague o ' both your houses ! " On the rival Lears , by the same performers , the two following were written : - The town has found out different ways , To praise AND THEATRICALS . 27 Garrick and Barry.
... " and shakes his head : " A plague o ' both your houses ! " On the rival Lears , by the same performers , the two following were written : - The town has found out different ways , To praise AND THEATRICALS . 27 Garrick and Barry.
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... writing . One damned farce entitled a Man to be a Member , " instanter . If an author's comedy was withdrawn after the second night , he must be ballotted for ; but if his tragedy was hissed off , during the first act , he came in by ...
... writing . One damned farce entitled a Man to be a Member , " instanter . If an author's comedy was withdrawn after the second night , he must be ballotted for ; but if his tragedy was hissed off , during the first act , he came in by ...
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... written , by Mr. Newton , after- wards Bishop of Bristol . While his family were still very young , the prince had plays at Leicester House , in which the children of his Royal Highness sustained the principal characters . These were ...
... written , by Mr. Newton , after- wards Bishop of Bristol . While his family were still very young , the prince had plays at Leicester House , in which the children of his Royal Highness sustained the principal characters . These were ...
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Dramatic Table Talk: Or, Scenes, Situations, & Adventures, Serious ..., Volumen2 Richard Ryan Vista de fragmentos - 1825 |
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Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 202 - O my love ! my wife ! Death, that hath suck'd the honey of thy breath, Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty : Thou art not conquer'd ; beauty's ensign yet Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks, And death's pale flag is not advanced there.
Página 31 - Romans, countrymen, and lovers ! hear me for my cause; and be silent that you may hear : believe me for mine honour ; and have respect to mine honour, that you may believe : censure me in your wisdom ; and awake your senses that you may the better judge. If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say, that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his.
Página 167 - Security] wherein was personated a King, or some great Prince, with his Courtiers of severall kinds, amongst which three Ladies were in speciall grace with him, and they keeping him in delights and pleasures, drew him from his graver Counsellors, hearing of Sermons...
Página 15 - Was play'd betwixt the black house and the white: The white house won. Yet still the black doth brag. They had the power to put me in the bag. Use but your royal hand, 'twill set me free, 'Tis but removing of a man — that's ME.
Página 160 - His was the spell o'er hearts Which only acting lends, The youngest of the sister arts, Where all their beauty blends : For ill can Poetry express Full many a tone of thought sublime, And Painting, mute and motionless, Steals but a glance of Time. But by the mighty actor brought, Illusion's perfect triumphs come ; Verse ceases to be airy thought, And Sculpture to be dumb.
Página 110 - I've read, my friend, And like the half, you pilfer'd, best ; But, sure, the drama you might mend ; Take courage, man, and steal the rest ! CIBBER, GARRICK, AND MRS.
Página 168 - ... and then discovered his face, that the spectators might see how they had transformed him going on with their singing.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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...