"Their Majesties' Servants.": Annals of the English Stage, from Thomas Betterton to Edmund Kean, Band 2J. C. Nimmo, 1888 - 1278 Seiten |
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... merit of Mrs. Oldfield was not recog- nised by Gildon , who , in his " Comparison between the two Stages , " classes her among " the rubbish , " of which the stage should be swept . Of Mrs. Ver- bruggen ( Mountfort ) , he speaks as " a ...
... merit of Mrs. Oldfield was not recog- nised by Gildon , who , in his " Comparison between the two Stages , " classes her among " the rubbish , " of which the stage should be swept . Of Mrs. Ver- bruggen ( Mountfort ) , he speaks as " a ...
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... merit , but which , nevertheless , seemed out of place in the case of Anne Oldfield ; but had she been really a queen , the public could not have thronged more eagerly to the spectacle . The solemn lying in state of an English actress ...
... merit , but which , nevertheless , seemed out of place in the case of Anne Oldfield ; but had she been really a queen , the public could not have thronged more eagerly to the spectacle . The solemn lying in state of an English actress ...
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... merit was pro- duced , and , sad change in the Drury Lane annals , the patentee was at a heavy weekly loss . On the first night that the seceders opened the Haymarket , 21st September1 1733 , with " Love for Love , " Mrs. Pritchard ...
... merit was pro- duced , and , sad change in the Drury Lane annals , the patentee was at a heavy weekly loss . On the first night that the seceders opened the Haymarket , 21st September1 1733 , with " Love for Love , " Mrs. Pritchard ...
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... merit saved it . Mallet was still more lucky with his " Mustapha ; " and the audience were too pleased to hiss a piece , the licensers of which were too dull to perceive that Sultan Solyman and his vizier , Rustan , were but stage ...
... merit saved it . Mallet was still more lucky with his " Mustapha ; " and the audience were too pleased to hiss a piece , the licensers of which were too dull to perceive that Sultan Solyman and his vizier , Rustan , were but stage ...
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... merit in Irish characters is set down in his not having a brogue , which , at that period , was un- intelligible to English ears . Miller played a wide range of characters ; and he married for the very singular reason that , being ...
... merit in Irish characters is set down in his not having a brogue , which , at that period , was un- intelligible to English ears . Miller played a wide range of characters ; and he married for the very singular reason that , being ...
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