 | Sir Adolphus William Ward - 1875 - 694 páginas
...Wright > Historia Hislrionica. * Already under February 23, 1661, Pepys remarks: 'I see the galUntsdo begin to be tyred with the vanity and pride of the theatre actors, who arc indeed grown very proud and rich.' PL A YS PUBLISHED IN THE COMMONWEALTH PERIOD. 449 women's parts... | |
 | Literary curiosities - 1876 - 334 páginas
...players," it would appear that with the Restoration came their halcyon days ; for, quoth Mr. Pepys, " The gallants do begin to be tyred with the vanity...actors, who are indeed grown very proud and rich." W, A. Clouston. FIRST APPEARANCE OF WOMEN ON THE STAGE. IT is significant that it was during the reign... | |
 | Dutton Cook - 1876 - 346 páginas
...and often to view them with a kind of vindictive jealousy. " I see the gallants do begin to be tired with the vanity and pride of the theatre actors, who are indeed grown very proud and rich," noted Pepys, in 1661. In the second year of her reign, Queen Anne issued a decree " for the better... | |
 | George Walter Thornbury - 1880 - 604 páginas
...went out again, and by coach to the theatre, &c. — To the playhouse, and there saw The Changeling, the first time it hath been acted these twenty years,...actors, who are indeed grown very proud and rich. " 1 66 1. — To White-fry ars, and saw The Bondman acted; an excellent play, and well done; but above... | |
 | David Masson - 1880 - 880 páginas
...Cockpit. " It takes exceedingly," says Pepys ; who adds " I see " the gallants do begin to be tired with the vanity and pride of the " theatre actors, who are indeed grown very proud and rich." Sept. 1661 : Bartholomew Fair, a comedy (Ben Jonson) : KT in Vere Street. Pepys, who saw the play on... | |
 | Henry Benjamin Wheatley - 1880 - 342 páginas
...actors ^500 for robes which were required. 1 We also learn that " the gallants do begin to be tired with the vanity and pride of the theatre actors, who are indeed grown very proud and rich." 2 But a few years afterwards, when Pepys stepped up to Harris's dressing-room after the play, he observed... | |
 | Henry Benjamin Wheatley - 1880 - 330 páginas
...actors ^500 for robes which were required.1 We also learn that " the gallants do begin to be tired with the vanity and pride of the theatre actors, who are indeed grown very proud and rich."2 But a few years afterwards, when Pepys stepped up to Harris's dressing-room after the play,... | |
 | Dutton Cook - 1883 - 308 páginas
...Earl of Oxford, and vainly seeking redress from the King. " I see the gallants do begin to be tired with the vanity and pride of the theatre actors, who are indeed grown very proud and rich." — Pepys's notes. The vagrant Act of the twelfth of Queen Anne repealed the statute of Elizabeth,... | |
 | Samuel Pepys - 1884 - 394 páginas
...against to-morrow, which was brave musique. Then to the Play-house, and there saw "The Changeling,"2 the first time it hath been acted these twenty years,...Comptroller, who told me how it was easy for us all, the principall officers, and proper for us, to labour to get into the next Parliament ; and would have... | |
 | Thomas Middleton - 1885 - 434 páginas
...23d February 1660-61, Pepys entered in his Diary — "To the Playhouse and there saw The Changeling, the first time it hath been acted these twenty years, and it takes exceedingly." From Downes' Roscius Anglicanus we learn that Betterton, about the age of twenty-two, sustained the... | |
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the first time it hath been acted these twenty years, and it takes exceedingly. Besides, I see the gallants do begin to be tyred with the vanity and pride of the theatre actors who are indeed grown very proud and rich. 
