The Stage: Both Before and Behind the Curtain: From "observations Taken on the Spot.", Volum 2R. Bentley, 1840 |
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... received and preserved as heretofore . They made the large investments in those boxes upon the faith of the proprietors of the theatre , and were as fully justified in appealing to them to keep that faith inviolate , as the proprietors ...
... received and preserved as heretofore . They made the large investments in those boxes upon the faith of the proprietors of the theatre , and were as fully justified in appealing to them to keep that faith inviolate , as the proprietors ...
Pàgina 17
... received this flattering encouragement : " SIR , " Hampstead , Monday Morning , March 14 . " I am very much gratified by your proposed pro- " duction of the Tragedy of Henriquez in your 18 66 66 MISS BAILLIE'S HENRIQUEZ . " theatre ,
... received this flattering encouragement : " SIR , " Hampstead , Monday Morning , March 14 . " I am very much gratified by your proposed pro- " duction of the Tragedy of Henriquez in your 18 66 66 MISS BAILLIE'S HENRIQUEZ . " theatre ,
Pàgina 44
... received , the interchange of civilities . Perhaps its character may best be gleaned from the subjoined correspondence . Nearly three years previous to Mr. Macready's assault , the learned Serjeant had been anxious for the re ...
... received , the interchange of civilities . Perhaps its character may best be gleaned from the subjoined correspondence . Nearly three years previous to Mr. Macready's assault , the learned Serjeant had been anxious for the re ...
Pàgina 46
... received , " and which I hasten to answer . I was not aware " that Mr. Cathcart had ever been tried in Dublin in " that line of tragedy to which he now aspires , and " therefore I am unable to estimate the degree of 66 importance to be ...
... received , " and which I hasten to answer . I was not aware " that Mr. Cathcart had ever been tried in Dublin in " that line of tragedy to which he now aspires , and " therefore I am unable to estimate the degree of 66 importance to be ...
Pàgina 50
... received so much " unmerited civility . With my heartiest wishes that " the cause of the Drama , to which I have always " been devoted , may prosper under your auspices , " I remain , 66 66 66 " To Alfred Bunn , Esq . " " My dear Sir ...
... received so much " unmerited civility . With my heartiest wishes that " the cause of the Drama , to which I have always " been devoted , may prosper under your auspices , " I remain , 66 66 66 " To Alfred Bunn , Esq . " " My dear Sir ...
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The Stage: Both Before and Behind the Curtain: From "observations ..., Volum 2 Alfred Bunn Visualització completa - 1840 |
The Stage: Both Before and Behind the Curtain: From "observations ..., Volum 2 Alfred Bunn Visualització completa - 1840 |
The Stage: Both Before and Behind the Curtain: From "observations ..., Volum 2 Alfred Bunn Visualització completa - 1840 |
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66 MY DEAR Act of Parliament actor actress advertised Alfred Bunn amongst announced appear audience Bartley Bulwer character Charles Kean Charles Kemble circumstances Colman Covent Garden Theatre DEAR SIR death Ditto drama Drury Lane Theatre Elliston engagement entertainment examiner of plays farce favour feeling fees Fidelio Forrest Friday genius gentlemen give honour Isoline Jewess Jules Kean La Sonnambula lessee letter license London Lord Chamberlain lordship Macready Macready's Madame Malibran Mademoiselle Maid of Artois Majesty Malibran de Beriot manager ment Miss Monsieur de Beriot morning never night nightly average novelty obedient servant occasion opinion Otway pantomime parties patent theatres performance person piece possessed present produced proprietors reader receipt received reply respect Royal Drury Lane scene season Serjeant Talfourd Shakspeare sing song Sonnambula stage subjoined Taglioni talent Theatre Royal Drury theatrical tion Tipperary tragedy wish
Passatges populars
Pàgina 226 - Wednesday. Doth he feel it? No. Doth he hear it? No. Is it insensible then? Yea, to the dead. But will it not live with the living ? No. Why? Detraction will not suffer it :— therefore I'll none of it : Honour is a mere scutcheon, and so ends my catechism.
Pàgina 266 - Ah ! let not Censure term our fate our choice, The stage but echoes back the public voice ; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live.
Pàgina 225 - To give me audience : — If the midnight bell Did with his iron tongue and brazen mouth, Sound one unto the drowsy race of night; If this same were a church-yard where we stand...
Pàgina 33 - Why should that name be sounded more than yours ? Write them together, yours is as fair a name; Sound them, it doth become the mouth as well; Weigh them, it is as heavy; conjure with 'em, Brutus will start a spirit as soon as Caesar.
Pàgina 219 - Killigrew his heirs and assigns from time to time to act plays and entertainments of the stage of all sorts peaceably and quietly without the impeachment or impediment of any person or persons whatsoever for the honest recreation of such as shall desire to see the same.
Pàgina 242 - The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils ; The motions of his spirit are dull as night, And his affections dark as Erebus. Let no such man be trusted.
Pàgina 219 - D'avenant, his heirs or assigns, from time to time, to act plays and entertainments of the stage, of all sorts, peaceably and quietly, without the impeachment or impediment of any person or persons whatsoever, for the honest recreation of such as shall desire to see the same.
Pàgina 65 - I therefore arranged that, behind the pile of drifted sand on which she falls in a state of exhaustion, towards the close of the desert scene, a small aperture should be made in the stage ; and it is a fact that, from underneath the stage through that aperture, a pewter pint of porter was conveyed to the parched lips of this rare...
Pàgina 189 - ... interlude, tragedy, comedy, opera, play, farce or other entertainment of the stage...
Pàgina 37 - ... suffering under these accumulated provocations, I was betrayed, in a moment of unguarded passion, into an intemperate and imprudent act, for which I feel, and shall never cease to feel, the deepest and most poignant self-reproach and regret. "It is to you, ladies and gentlemen, and to myself, that I owe this declaration, and I make it with unaffected sincerity. " To liberal and generous minds, I think, I need say no more. " I cannot resist thanking you.