Dramatic Table Talk: Or, Scenes, Situations, & Adventures, Serious & Comic, in Theatrical History & Biography, Volym 2Richard Ryan J. Knight & H. Lacey, 1825 |
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... never published or brought out any piece ; but he had altered the " Two Noble Kinsmen " of Beaumont and Fletcher , and had begun an alter- ation of Shakspeare's Plays , omitting the ex- ceptionable passages . He died September , 1819 ...
... never published or brought out any piece ; but he had altered the " Two Noble Kinsmen " of Beaumont and Fletcher , and had begun an alter- ation of Shakspeare's Plays , omitting the ex- ceptionable passages . He died September , 1819 ...
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... never failed to call forth roars of laughter , by the practical jokes which he inflicted upon the poor Devil , who was , on all occasions , the scape - goat of the piece . His wit consisted in jumping on the Devil's back , and in the ...
... never failed to call forth roars of laughter , by the practical jokes which he inflicted upon the poor Devil , who was , on all occasions , the scape - goat of the piece . His wit consisted in jumping on the Devil's back , and in the ...
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... never should make her sing . His Excellency , at this declaration , grew enraged , and actually sent her to prison for twelve days . During this time , she gave sumptuous repasts , paid the debts of the poor prisoners , and distributed ...
... never should make her sing . His Excellency , at this declaration , grew enraged , and actually sent her to prison for twelve days . During this time , she gave sumptuous repasts , paid the debts of the poor prisoners , and distributed ...
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... Never , ( says he , ) either before or since , did I feel such a rapid flow of thoughts and images ; and I firmly believe , that there are some maladies , especially those by which the irritation of the nerves is increased , which ...
... Never , ( says he , ) either before or since , did I feel such a rapid flow of thoughts and images ; and I firmly believe , that there are some maladies , especially those by which the irritation of the nerves is increased , which ...
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... and evinced the most complete apathy . The wit and humour which it contains , never af- fected his risible muscles . This being reported to Mr. Sheridan , he observed , " that was very AND THEATRICALS . 41 Sheridan versus Cumberland.
... and evinced the most complete apathy . The wit and humour which it contains , never af- fected his risible muscles . This being reported to Mr. Sheridan , he observed , " that was very AND THEATRICALS . 41 Sheridan versus Cumberland.
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Sida 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.
Sida 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.
Sida 126 - On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth So great an object : can this cockpit hold The vasty fields of France ? or may we cram Within this wooden O the very casques That did affright the air at Agincourt...
Sida 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.
Sida 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...
Sida 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. 2. 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.
Sida 168 - ... and then discovered his face, that the spectators might see how they had transformed him going on with their singing. Whilst all this was acting, there came forth of another door at the farthest end of the stage two old men, the one in blue, with a sergeant-at-arms...
Sida 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...
Sida 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.
Sida 45 - By this light, I wonder that any man is so mad, to come to see these rascally tits play here They do act like so many wrens or pismires not the fifth part of a good face amongst them all. And then their music ii abominable able to stretch a man's ears worse than ten pillories and their ditties most lamentable things, like the pitiful fellows that make them poets. By this vapour, an...