 | Leigh Hunt - 1832 - 306 Seiten
...expedient, even on the score of ultimate pecuniary profit. THEATRICAL AUDIENCES — THE SALOONS. ' The most striking thing to a foreigner in English...' English freedom here degenerates into the rudest licence, and it is not uncommon, in the midst of the most affecting part of a tragedy, or the most... | |
 | Hermann F. H. Pückler-Muskau (Fürst von.) - 1832 - 416 Seiten
...among us, — she is married to Lord WL , whose name she bears in her own family and in private f. On the stage, however, she is Miss Paton again, and...this is that the higher and more civilized classes * The traditional personage whom we call the Wandering Jew, the Germans call der ewige Jude, the eternal... | |
 | 1833 - 588 Seiten
...nor very far from the reach of Barclay, Perkins and Go's entire. Now let us hear the German Prince. ' The most striking thing to a 'foreigner in English...rarely visit their national theatre. Whether this be unfavorable or otherwise to the stage, I leave others to determine. ' English freedom here degenerates... | |
 | 1833 - 580 Seiten
...Now let us hear the German Prince. ' The most striking thing to a foreigner in English theatres ia the unheard-of coarseness and brutality of the audiences....rarely visit their national theatre. Whether this be unfavorable or otherwise to the stage, I leave others to determine. ' English freedom here degenerates... | |
 | Frederick William Shelton - 1837 - 166 Seiten
...the audience. The noises, too, were perpetual, and of the most unpleasant kind." Domestic Manners. "The most striking thing to a foreigner in English...Opera, and very rarely visit their national theatre. English freedom here degenerates into the rudest license, and it is not uncommon, in the midst of the... | |
 | 1911 - 560 Seiten
...already referred to. Decorum and Manners. Dunlap cites a German prince's views on English theatres : "The most striking thing to a foreigner in English theatres is the unheard of coarseness and brutality of the audiences, such as shouts from the gallery, throwing things,... | |
 | Charles Frederic Brede - 1918 - 334 Seiten
...already referred to. Decorum and Manners. Dunlap cites a German prince's views on English theatres : "The most striking thing to a foreigner in English theatres is the unheard of coarseness and brutality of the audiences, such as shouts from the gallery, throwing things,... | |
 | Wendy Griswold - 1986 - 328 Seiten
...theatres a century earlier. In 1826 an appalled German visitor summed up the prevailing atmosphere: "The most striking thing to a foreigner in English...opera, and very rarely visit their national theatre. English freedom here degenerates into the rudest license. . . ."13 Doldrums and the End of the Monopoly... | |
 | Roxana Stuart - 1994 - 396 Seiten
...Puckler-Muskau, a visitor to London in 1826, who was much struck by the crude behavior of the audience: The most striking thing to a foreigner in English...Opera, and very rarely visit their national theatre.... English freedom here degenerates into the rudest license, and it is not uncommon. ..to hear some coarse... | |
 | Donald Roy - 2003 - 592 Seiten
...Pueckler-Muskau. A tour in England. Ireland and France (reprinted Zurich: Massie. 19401 ). pp. 49-50 The most striking thing to a foreigner in English...audiences. The consequence of this is that the higher and most civilized classes go only to the Italian Opera and very rarely visit their national theatre. Whether... | |
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The most striking thing to a foreigner in English theatres is the unheard-of coarseness and brutality of the audiences. The consequence of this is that the higher and more civilized classes go only to the Italian Opera, and very rarely visit their national... 