The Daughters of Thespis, Or A Peep Behind the CurtainJackson & Company, 1841 - 206 Seiten |
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... play night , and he , there- fore , sought the manager , who was " taking his ease in his inn , " one of the lowest order in the town . On being intro- duced he showed his credentials . " First tragedy ! " ejaculated the man of ...
... play night , and he , there- fore , sought the manager , who was " taking his ease in his inn , " one of the lowest order in the town . On being intro- duced he showed his credentials . " First tragedy ! " ejaculated the man of ...
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... play , which is written in metre , and spun out into five regular acts , is as follows : -Gammer Gurton has lost her needle , and in order to make a general search for it about the house , her boy is sent to light a candle ; but when he ...
... play , which is written in metre , and spun out into five regular acts , is as follows : -Gammer Gurton has lost her needle , and in order to make a general search for it about the house , her boy is sent to light a candle ; but when he ...
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... play done at the present day , and as ladies are now fond of person- ating male parts , just let us imagine the extraction of the needle from Mrs. Honey , in the character of Hodge , or should one of our forthcoming beauties , Mrs ...
... play done at the present day , and as ladies are now fond of person- ating male parts , just let us imagine the extraction of the needle from Mrs. Honey , in the character of Hodge , or should one of our forthcoming beauties , Mrs ...
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Thespis. Also , several fountains playing water during the time of the play . The last scene does represent Noah and his family coming out of the ark , with all the beasts , two by two , and all the fowls of the air are seen in a ...
Thespis. Also , several fountains playing water during the time of the play . The last scene does represent Noah and his family coming out of the ark , with all the beasts , two by two , and all the fowls of the air are seen in a ...
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... play Jenny , now won't that be nice ? Mr. H .: Very . La ! — ( sighs vehemently . ) [ Horn blows for passengers to take their places . ] Guard : Now Miss , now Sir , please to take your places ; one in and two out . Not so hard , Mr ...
... play Jenny , now won't that be nice ? Mr. H .: Very . La ! — ( sighs vehemently . ) [ Horn blows for passengers to take their places . ] Guard : Now Miss , now Sir , please to take your places ; one in and two out . Not so hard , Mr ...
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actor actress afterwards amongst amusement appearance applause Armand Vestris arrived audience Bartolozzi beauty Beggar's Opera called Captain celebrated character Chatterley Christmas cigar circumstances comedy commenced Countess of Harrington Covent-Garden daughter dear delight drama dress Drury Drury-Lane Duke Elliston engagement excellent eyes fair father favourite Feargus O'Connor feelings fire gentleman Green-room habit handsome Haymarket heard heart heroine histrionic honour horse Humby husband Janson Kean Kemble lady late London look Lord Louisa lover Madame Vestris manager marriage ment metropolis Miss Chester Miss Mordaunt Miss Stephens never night Nisbett occasion Opera Orger Othello party performance person play pleasure Portsmouth possession pounds present profession Queen's Theatre readers remember replied scene season seat Shakspere sighed singing singular smiles song stage talent theatre Theatre Royal theatrical Thespis Thomas Welsh Thornton tion town whilst wife woman young
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Seite 204 - Affecting to seem unaffected. With skill her eyes dart every glance, Yet change so soon you'd ne'er suspect them ; For she'd persuade they wound by chance, Though certain aim and art direct them. She likes herself, yet others hates For that which in herself she prizes; And while she laughs at them, forgets She is the
Seite 12 - once a pliant hour, and found good means To draw from her a pray'r of earnest heart That he would all his pilgrimage dilate, Whereof by parcels she had something heard
Seite 168 - it argues an act, and an act has three branches; it is to act, to do, and to perform ; argal, she drowned herself wittingly.'' Second Clown.—" Nay, but hear you, good man deliver.
Seite 168 - to him and drown him, he drowns not himself; argal, he that is not guilty of his own death, shortens not his own life.
Seite 21 - AT CRAWLEY'S BOOTH, Over against the CROWN TAVERN, in Smithfield, During the time of Bartholomew Fair, Will be presented a little Opera, called— The Old Creation of the World, Yet newly revived, with the addition of
Seite 152 - actor demand a combination not easily to be found, is an erroneous assumption, ascribable, perhaps, to the following causes. The market for this kind of talent must always be understocked, because very few of those who are really qualified to gain theatrical fame will condescend to start for it. To succeed, the candidate must
Seite 168 - First Clown.—" It must be se offendendo, it cannot be else, for here lies the point. If I drown myself
Seite 197 - The man who lays his hand upon a woman, save in the way of kindness, is a wretch whom 'twere gross