 | 1900 - 1004 Seiten
...Shakespeare the craftsman and Shakespeare the artist were ideal collaborators. Rowe's statement that " he was received into the company then in being at first in a very mean rank " has behind it two credible and probable traditions : the story that he entered the theater as a mere... | |
 | Edward Aloysius Pace, Thomas Edward Shields - 1916 - 492 Seiten
...this accident, that he is said to have made his first acquaintance in the play-house. He was receiv'd into the company then in being, at first in a very...wit, and the natural turn of it to the stage, soon dlstinguish'd him, if not as an extraordinary actor, yet as an excellent writer. His name is printed,... | |
 | 1916 - 114 Seiten
...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." His continued presence in London was fairly evidently a matter of professional occupation, for certainly... | |
 | James Phinney Baxter - 1915 - 790 Seiten
...his business and family in Warwickshire for some time, and shelter himself in London. It is at that time and upon this accident that he is said to have...made his first acquaintance in the playhouse. He was receiv'd into the company then in being, at first in a very mean rank; but his admirable wit, and the... | |
 | Samuel Schoenbaum - 1987 - 420 Seiten
...playhouse as a serviture'.1 The first serious inquirer has nothing substantive to add: 'He was receiv'd into the Company then in being, at first in a very...Wit, and the natural Turn of it to the Stage, soon distinguish'd him, if not as an extraordinary Actor, yet as an excellent Writer.'2 These statements... | |
 | Russell A. Fraser - 568 Seiten
...the company for Shakespeare. The earliest full-dress account of his life, Nicholas Rowe's, has him "received into the company then in being, at first in a very mean rank." Unlike Marlowe, powerfully connected and university bred, he lacked credentials. His apprenticeship... | |
 | 1761 - 438 Seiten
...obliged to leave his bufinefs and family in Warwickshire, for fome time, and Shelter himfelf in London. It is at this time, and upon this accident, that he is (aid to have made his fu R. acquaintance in the Piay-houfc. He was received into the company then in... | |
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Warwickshire for some time and shelter himself in London. It is at this time, and upon this accident, that he is said to have made his first acquaintance in the playhouse. He was received into the company then in being, at first in a very mean rank... 
