| William James Rolfe - 1904 - 600 páginas
...London he " was received into the playhouse as a serviture" (servitor); and Rowe similarly says that " he was received into the company then in being at first in a very mean rank." Malone, in 1780, refers to "a stage tradition that his first office in the theatre was that of prompter's... | |
| Joseph William Gray - 1905 - 320 páginas
...oblig'd to leave his business and family in Warwickshire, for some time, and shelter himself in London. It is at this time, and upon this accident, that he...made his first acquaintance in the play-house. He was receiv'd into the company then in being, at first in a very mean rank ; but his admirable wit, and... | |
| Joseph William Gray - 1905 - 324 páginas
...time." After an account of the departure from Stratford Rowe says : " It is at this time and iipon this accident, that he is said to have made his first acquaintance with the playhouse. He was receiv'd into the company then in being, at first in a very mean rank."... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1907 - 476 páginas
...oblig'd to leave his business and family in Warwickshire for some time, and shelter himself in London. It is at this time, and upon this accident, that he...have made his first acquaintance in the playhouse." (Founded on traditions gathered at Stratford-on-Avon by Betterton.) WILLIAM Shakespeare married early.... | |
| Darrell Figgis - 1911 - 370 páginas
...impotence to importance till he emerged to notice in 1592. Rowe, writing in 1709, says that Shakespeare "was received into the company then in being at first in a very mean rank." Malone, in 1780, stated that a tradition existed that his "first office in the theatre was that of... | |
| Clara Longworth comtesse de Chambrun - 1913 - 332 páginas
...obliged to leave his Business and Family in Warwickshire, for some time, and shelter himself in London. It is at this Time, and upon this Accident that he...Company then in being, at first in a very mean Rank; but bis admirable Wit, and the natural Turn of it to the Stage, soon distinguished him, if not as an extraordinary... | |
| Dodgson Hamilton Madden - 1916 - 264 páginas
...is generally believed that he left Stratford for London in the year 1586, and, according to Rowe, ' he was received into the company then in being, at first in a very mean rank.' According to Davenant, his earliest connection with the theatre was of a still humbler kind. It was... | |
| William Teignmouth Shore - 1920 - 200 páginas
...recommended him. Probably he soon got some sort of employment in The Theatre. Rowe, indeed, states that "He was received into the company then in being at first in a very mean rank." Malone hands on a tale " that his first office in a theatre was that of prompter's assistant," that... | |
| David Patrick, William Geddie - 1927 - 936 páginas
...obliged to leave his business and family in Warwickshire for some time and shelter himself in London. It is at this time, and upon this accident, that he...distinguished him, if not as an extraordinary actor, yet as a very excellent writer. His name is printed, as the custom was in those times, amongst those of the... | |
| Edmund Arnold Greening Lamborn, George Bagshawe Harrison - 1923 - 140 páginas
...oblig'd to leave his business and family in Warwickshire, for some time, and shelter himself in London. ' It is at this time, and upon this accident, that he...made his first acquaintance in the Play-house. He was receiv'd into the Company then in being, at first in a very mean rank; but his admirable wit, and the... | |
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