Some Account of the English Stage: From the Restoration in 1660 to 1830, Band 8H.E. Carrington, 1832 |
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... Queen Mrs. Litchfield , 1st time . March 8. Never acted , a Hint to Husbands . Lord Transit - C . Kemble : Sir Charles Le Brun = H. Johnston : George Trevor ( nephew to Fairford ) - Brunton Fairford ( father to Lady Transit ) Fawcett ...
... Queen Mrs. Litchfield , 1st time . March 8. Never acted , a Hint to Husbands . Lord Transit - C . Kemble : Sir Charles Le Brun = H. Johnston : George Trevor ( nephew to Fairford ) - Brunton Fairford ( father to Lady Transit ) Fawcett ...
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... Queen , which were incurable , the King had resolved never to come near her more- ( Burnet probably ) - tho ' the King's anxiety for a divorce was doubtless increased by his love for Anne Bullen , yet his scruples of conscience were not ...
... Queen , which were incurable , the King had resolved never to come near her more- ( Burnet probably ) - tho ' the King's anxiety for a divorce was doubtless increased by his love for Anne Bullen , yet his scruples of conscience were not ...
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... Queen and the two Car- dinals - this Kemble has , with much discredit to him . self , omitted - it was retained at C. G. in 1773- Davies in 1784 , says , it is omitted as tedious and un- necessary - Cavendish gives a circumstantial ...
... Queen and the two Car- dinals - this Kemble has , with much discredit to him . self , omitted - it was retained at C. G. in 1773- Davies in 1784 , says , it is omitted as tedious and un- necessary - Cavendish gives a circumstantial ...
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... Queen - Cavendish says , that the Queen at her trial prepared to leave the Court , leaning upon the arm of Mr. Griffith her General Receiver - when she was called back- Madam , " quoth Griffith , " Ye be called again . ' " On , on ...
... Queen - Cavendish says , that the Queen at her trial prepared to leave the Court , leaning upon the arm of Mr. Griffith her General Receiver - when she was called back- Madam , " quoth Griffith , " Ye be called again . ' " On , on ...
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... Queen's Gentleman Usher , and give her a cushion to kneel on - and now he offends her , by not showing her that respect , of which such a man as Sir Henry Guildford could not be ignorant that she was extremely tenacious - she had been ...
... Queen's Gentleman Usher , and give her a cushion to kneel on - and now he offends her , by not showing her that respect , of which such a man as Sir Henry Guildford could not be ignorant that she was extremely tenacious - she had been ...
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Seite 229 - The truth is that the spectators are always in their senses and know from the first act to the last that the stage is only a stage and that the players are only players.
Seite 13 - Well, well, Master Kingston," quoth he, "I see the matter against me how it is framed; but if I had served God as diligently as I have done the king, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs.
Seite 229 - He that without diminution of any other excellence shall preserve all the unities unbroken, deserves the like applause with the architect who shall display all the orders of architecture in a citadel without any deduction from its strength. But the principal beauty of a citadel is to exclude the enemy, and the greatest graces of a play are to copy nature and instruct life.
Seite 307 - In the course of the evening he thus gave his opinion upon the merits of some of the principal performers whom he remembered to have seen upon the stage. 'Mrs. Porter in the vehemence of rage, and Mrs. Clive in the sprightliness of humour, I have never seen equalled. What Clive did best, she did better than Garrick; but could not do half so many things well ; she was a better romp than any I ever saw in nature.
Seite 229 - The necessity of observing the unities of time and place arises from the supposed necessity of making the drama credible. The critics hold it impossible, that an action of months or years can be possibly believed to pass in three hours ; or that the spectator can suppose himself to sit in the...
Seite 578 - I remember the players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never blotted out a line. My answer hath been, "Would he had blotted a thousand," which they thought a malevolent speech.
Seite 364 - Reg. Art thou not he to whom I told my name, and didst thou not say thine was — "Hunts. Oh blessed be the name that then thou told'st — it has been ever since my charm, and kept me from distraction. But, may I ask how such sweet excellence as thine could be hid in such a place? "Reg. Alas, I know not — for such as thou I never saw before, nor any like myself. "Hunts. Nor like thee ever shall — but would'st thou leave this place, and live with such as I am?
Seite 397 - I have stood firm for the corps, into which I enrolled myself, and never disgraced my colours by abandoning the cause of the legitimate comedy, to whose service I am sworn, and in whose defence I have kept the field for nearly half a century...
Seite 265 - I danced forward ; but it struck home, and here, and in an instant. Be such mere women, who with shrieks and outcries can vow a present end to all their sorrows: yet live to court new pleasures, and outlive them. They are the silent griefs which cut the heartstrings; let me die smiling.
Seite 572 - The New Inn: or, the Light Heart, a Comedy. As it was never Acted, but most negligently Played by some, the KING'S SERVANTS; and more squeamishly beheld and censur'd by others, the KING'S SUBJECTS, 1629.