The Past and Present State of Dramatic Art and LiteratureC. Mitchell, 1839 - Всего страниц: 32 |
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Стр. 26 - On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth So great an object : can this cockpit hold The vasty fields of France ? or may we cram Within this wooden O the very casques That did affright the air at Agincourt...
Стр. 10 - Davenant, at the duke's Old Theatre in Lincoln'sinn-fields, but afterwards very much improved, with the addition of curious machines, by Mr. Betterton, at the New Theatre in Dorset-garden, to the great expence and continual charge of the players.
Стр. 13 - ... interlude, tragedy, comedy, opera, play, farce or other entertainment of the stage...
Стр. 9 - It is an argument of the worth of the plays and actors of the last age, and easily...
Стр. 9 - Globe" on the Bankside. A winter, and summer house belonging to the same Company ; called
Стр. 10 - About the same time that scenes first entered upon the stage at London, women were taught to act their own parts ; since when we have seen at both houses several actresses, justly famed, as well for beauty as perfect good action. And some plays, in particular the " Parson's Wedding," have been presented all by women, as formerly all by men.
Стр. 9 - That tho' the Town was then, perhaps, not much more than half so Populous as now, yet then the Prices were small (there being no scenes) and better order kept among the Company that came; which made very good People think a Play an Innocent Diversion for an idle Hour or two, the Plays themselves being then, for the most part, more Instructive and Moral.
Стр. 10 - Lane, where they first made use of scenes, which had been a little before introduced upon the public stage by Sir "William Davenant...
Стр. 9 - Whereas, of late, the play-houses are so extremely pestered with vizard-masks and their trade (occasioning continual quarrels and abuses) that many of the more civiliz'd part of the town are uneasy in the company, and shun the Theatre as they would a house of scandal.
Стр. 10 - Wedding," have been presented all by women, as formerly all by men. Thus it continued for about twenty years, when Mr Hart, and some of the old men, began to grow weary, and were minded to leave off. Then the two companies thought, fit to unite ; but of late, you see, they have thought it no less fit to divide again, though both companies keep the same name of His Majesty's Servants.