Some Account of the English Stage: From the Restoration in 1660 to 1830, Band 8H.E. Carrington, 1832 |
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... founded on Mrs. Radcliffe's novel , called the Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne - Man- ners in his preface says- " I found it necessary to “ deviate considerably from the novel — to omit some 66 66 characters , and create others - among ...
... founded on Mrs. Radcliffe's novel , called the Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne - Man- ners in his preface says- " I found it necessary to “ deviate considerably from the novel — to omit some 66 66 characters , and create others - among ...
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... founded on a fact which happened about the middle of the French Revolution . April 1 . Douglas , with , never acted , Wood Dæmon , or " the Clock has Struck . " Hardyknute = De Camp : Guelpho Penley : Willikind Dow- - ton : Una Mrs. H ...
... founded on a fact which happened about the middle of the French Revolution . April 1 . Douglas , with , never acted , Wood Dæmon , or " the Clock has Struck . " Hardyknute = De Camp : Guelpho Penley : Willikind Dow- - ton : Una Mrs. H ...
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... founded upon an incident in a novel written by Defoe -of this novel there are three editions ; but that of 1745 is the only complete one - the novel is called Roxana , or the Fortunate Mistress . 29. Bold Stroke for a Wife . 31. She ...
... founded upon an incident in a novel written by Defoe -of this novel there are three editions ; but that of 1745 is the only complete one - the novel is called Roxana , or the Fortunate Mistress . 29. Bold Stroke for a Wife . 31. She ...
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... founded on the adventures and escape of the Pretender after his defeat in the Scotch Rebellion of 1745 - the Licenser refused his sanc- tion to the English play , and C. Kemble was obliged to change the scene from Scotland to Sweden ...
... founded on the adventures and escape of the Pretender after his defeat in the Scotch Rebellion of 1745 - the Licenser refused his sanc- tion to the English play , and C. Kemble was obliged to change the scene from Scotland to Sweden ...
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... founded on the same story . " 13. Man of the World . 19. Merchant of Venice . 27. Gamester . Portia Miss Norton . Stukely = Beverley = Kemble Cooke : Lewson C. Kemble : Jarvis Murray : Mrs. Beverley Mrs. Siddons : -with Review . 31 ...
... founded on the same story . " 13. Man of the World . 19. Merchant of Venice . 27. Gamester . Portia Miss Norton . Stukely = Beverley = Kemble Cooke : Lewson C. Kemble : Jarvis Murray : Mrs. Beverley Mrs. Siddons : -with Review . 31 ...
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1st app 3d act 4th act Abbott alteration Bannister Baron Barrymore Bartley Bath Bengough Betty Beverley Blanchard Booth Capt Castle character Charles Chatterley Conway Cooke Coriolanus Count daughter Davenport Davison Dowton Duke Egerton Elliston Emery Emily Falstaff Farce father Fawcett Gibbs Glover Hamlet Harley Henry 4th Honey Moon Iago Isabella Jane Shore John Johnston Jones Jordan Julia Juliet Julius Cæsar Kean Kemble acted King Lady Macbeth Liston Lord Lovegrove Macready marry Mathews Merchant of Venice Miss Bolton Miss Brunton Miss Duncan Miss Foote Miss Jameson Miss Kelly Miss O'Neill Miss Smith Munden Murray Never acted night Opera Orger Othello Oxberry Penley piece Pizarro play Pope Powell printed Queen revived Richard 3d Romeo Romeo and Juliet says scene lies School for Scandal servant Shakspeare Siddons acted Simmons stage Stanley Terry theatre times-this Tokely Wallack Warde Weston wife written Wroughton Young
Beliebte Passagen
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.