The Stage: Both Before and Behind the Curtain, from "observations Taken on the Spot.", Volumen 1Lea & Blanchard, 1840 - 907 páginas |
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... passed between the Lord Chamberlain's Office and myself , upon the re - introduction of a German Opera in this country . It was an entertainment that , by the admirable manner in which it was sustained in Drury Lane Theatre , in the ...
... passed between the Lord Chamberlain's Office and myself , upon the re - introduction of a German Opera in this country . It was an entertainment that , by the admirable manner in which it was sustained in Drury Lane Theatre , in the ...
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... passed away from the scene of action , whereon he had amassed vast riches and vast honours ! Then , again , one of the principal devotees at the shrine of the dramatic art , popular in all circles , and beloved in his own , General ...
... passed away from the scene of action , whereon he had amassed vast riches and vast honours ! Then , again , one of the principal devotees at the shrine of the dramatic art , popular in all circles , and beloved in his own , General ...
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... passed upon a bed of roses . be my duty , as we proceed , to tell him how it is passed . It will In looking over the list of my predecessors and contempora- ries , previously enumerated , it is impossible to deny that it com- prises the ...
... passed upon a bed of roses . be my duty , as we proceed , to tell him how it is passed . It will In looking over the list of my predecessors and contempora- ries , previously enumerated , it is impossible to deny that it com- prises the ...
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... passed away . Mr. Harris was succeeded , or rather displaced , through va rious machinations of various people , by Mr. Charles Kemble , in the year 1822 ; and although it was very reasonably supposed that he came to the task , prepared ...
... passed away . Mr. Harris was succeeded , or rather displaced , through va rious machinations of various people , by Mr. Charles Kemble , in the year 1822 ; and although it was very reasonably supposed that he came to the task , prepared ...
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... passed , the legions of Cæsar follow- ed their leader ; and performers of all grades were soon found , seeking to double and treble the respectable incomes they had long been in the enjoyment of ; or , failing in that endeavour ...
... passed , the legions of Cæsar follow- ed their leader ; and performers of all grades were soon found , seeking to double and treble the respectable incomes they had long been in the enjoyment of ; or , failing in that endeavour ...
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actor admission Alfred Bunn amongst amusement Beriot Braham Bulwer character Charles Kemble Colman Covent Garden theatre DEAR SIR dramatic Drury Lane theatre Ducrow Elliston engagement entertainment favour feel genius gentleman George give Harris Harvey Christian Coombe honour humble Kean Kemble played King Lane and Covent lessee letter license Liston London Lord Byron Lord Chamberlain Lordship Macready Madame Malibran Maid of Artois Majesty manager MARDYN Marquis Mathews matter ment Messrs Monsieur never night nightly noble obedient servant opera opinion Paris party patent theatres performers persons Peter Moore petitioner piece possessed present principal profession proprietors reader receipt received reply representation respect Royal Drury Lane salary Samuel Whitbread scene season Shakspeare stage success successors talent thea Theatre Royal Theatre Royal Drury theatrical thing Thomas Killigrew tion tragedy W. C. Macready week Whitbread William Farren
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Página 143 - There is given Unto the things of earth, which Time hath bent, A spirit's feeling, and where he hath leant His hand, but broke his scythe, there is a power And magic in the ruined battlement, For which the palace of the present hour Must yield its pomp, and wait till ages are its dower.
Página 35 - horse while another may not look over the hedge," has been seldom more fully exemplified than in the circumstance I am about to mention.
Página 156 - THERE is a tear for all that die, A mourner o'er the humblest grave ; But nations swell the funeral cry, And Triumph weeps above the brave. For them is Sorrow's purest sigh O'er Ocean's heaving bosom sent : In vain their bones unburied lie, All earth becomes their monument ! A tomb is theirs on every page, An epitaph on every tongue : The present hours, the future age, For them bewail, to them belong.
Página 115 - The very first Of human, life must spring from woman's breast, Your first small words are taught you from her lips, Your first tears quench'd by her, and your last sighs Too often breathed out In a woman's hearing, When men have shrunk from the ignoble care Of watching the last hour of him who led them.
Página 174 - ... ordained or provided, or any other matter, cause or thing whatsoever to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding.
Página 28 - tis but to fill A certain portion of uncertain paper ; Some liken it to climbing up a hill, Whose summit, like all hills, is lost in vapour, For this men write, speak, preach, and heroes kill, And bards burn what they call their " midnight taper," To have, when the original is dust, A name, a wretched picture, and worse bust.
Página 96 - Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests; in all time, Calm or convulsed; in breeze or gale or storm, Icing the pole, or in the torrid clime Dark-heaving, boundless, endless, and sublime, — The image of Eternity, the throne Of the Invisible; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made; each zone Obeys thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone.
Página 114 - We do not think those opinions very consistent; and we think that neither of them could possibly find favour with a person whose genius had a truly dramatic character. We should as soon expect an orator to compose a speech altogether unfit to be spoken. A drama is not merely a dialogue, but an action: and necessarily supposes that something is to pass before the eyes of assembled spectators. Whatever is peculiar to its written part, should derive its peculiarity from this consideration. Its style...
Página 169 - ... and taken in the like kind, or as shall be thought reasonable by him or them, in regard of the great expences of scenes, musick, and such new decorations, as have not been formerly used.