pt. 2. Historical account of the English stage. Emendations and additions. Tempest. Two gentlemen of VeronaH. Baldwin, 1790 |
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... actors ; and inftead of profane mummeries , prefented ftories taken from legends or the bible . This was the origin of facred comedy . The death of Saint Catharine , acted by the monks of faint Dennis , rivalled the popularity of the ...
... actors ; and inftead of profane mummeries , prefented ftories taken from legends or the bible . This was the origin of facred comedy . The death of Saint Catharine , acted by the monks of faint Dennis , rivalled the popularity of the ...
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... acting fpiritual dramas , in which at first a due degree of method and decorum was preferved , was at length adopted from Conftantinople by the Italians ; who framed , in the depth of the dark ages , on this foundation , that barbarous ...
... acting fpiritual dramas , in which at first a due degree of method and decorum was preferved , was at length adopted from Conftantinople by the Italians ; who framed , in the depth of the dark ages , on this foundation , that barbarous ...
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... acting in the old Myfteries : nor do I recollect any other instance of a royal dinner , even on a feftival , accompanied with this fpecies of diverfion 7. The ftory of this interlude , in which the chief characters were Christ , Adam ...
... acting in the old Myfteries : nor do I recollect any other instance of a royal dinner , even on a feftival , accompanied with this fpecies of diverfion 7. The ftory of this interlude , in which the chief characters were Christ , Adam ...
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... acting the HISTORY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT , to the great prejudice of the clergy of the church , who had ex- pended confiderable fums for a publick prefent ation of that play at the enfuing Christmas . About twelve years afterwards , the ...
... acting the HISTORY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT , to the great prejudice of the clergy of the church , who had ex- pended confiderable fums for a publick prefent ation of that play at the enfuing Christmas . About twelve years afterwards , the ...
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... actors , or would fhew refpect to their lord and mafter , he appoints them to play their first play before himself and the Aldermen and Common- Counfell of the city ; and that is called the Mayors play : where every one that will ...
... actors , or would fhew refpect to their lord and mafter , he appoints them to play their first play before himself and the Aldermen and Common- Counfell of the city ; and that is called the Mayors play : where every one that will ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
acted actor Afide alfo Ariel becauſe Caius Caliban called comedy defire doth Duke Enter Evans Exeunt faid Falstaff fame fcene fecond feems fenfe fent fervant fhall fhew fhould fignifies fince firft folio fome fometimes Ford fpeak fpirits ftage ftand ftill fuch fuppofe fweet gentlemen George Buc hath Henry Chettle Henry Herbert himſelf Hoft houfe houſe Item JOHNSON king king's company laft Launce lord mafter MALONE Michael Drayton miftrefs Milan miſtreſs moft muft muſt myſelf night obferved occafion old copy paffage perfon play players playhouſe poet pray prefent Protheus quarto queen reafon reprefented ſcene Shakspeare Shal ſhall Silvia Sir John Slen ſpeak Speed STEEVENS theatre thee thefe theſe thofe Thomas Dekker thoſe thou Thurio ufed unto uſed Valentine Wentworth Smith whofe wife William D'Avenant William Haughton word
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Seite 57 - Some heavenly music, (which even now I do) To work mine end upon their senses, that This airy charm is for, I'll break my staff, Bury it certain fathoms in the earth, And, deeper than did ever plummet sound, I'll drown my book.
Seite 56 - To hear the solemn curfew ; by whose aid (Weak masters though ye be) I have be-dimm'd The noontide sun , call'd forth the mutinous winds , And 'twixt the green sea and the azur'd vault Set roaring war: to the dread rattling thunder Have I given fire , and rifted Jove's stout oak With his own bolt...
Seite 19 - Were I in England now, as once I was, and had but this fish painted, not a holiday fool there but would give a piece of silver. There would this monster make a man. Any strange beast there makes a man. When they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian.
Seite 63 - O ! wonder ! How many goodly creatures are there here ! How beauteous mankind is ! O brave new world, That has such people in't ! Pro. Tis new to thee.
Seite 9 - I' the commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things; for no kind of traffic Would I admit; no name of magistrate; Letters should not be known; riches, poverty, And use of service, none; contract, succession, Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none; No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil; No occupation; all men idle, all; And women too, but innocent and pure; No sovereignty; — Seb.
Seite 56 - True, representing some principal pieces of the reign of Henry the Eighth, which was set forth with many extraordinary circumstances of pomp and majesty, even to the matting of the stage ; the Knights of the order, with their Georges and Garter, the guards with their embroidered coats and the like; sufficient, in truth, within a while to make greatness very familiar, if not ridiculous.
Seite 71 - There was a great engine at the lower end of the room, which had motion, and in it were the images of seahorses, with other terrible fishes, which were ridden by Moors. The indecorum was, that there was all fish and no water.
Seite 68 - ... the player when he cometh in, must ever begin with telling where he is, or else the tale will not be conceived. Now ye shall have three ladies walk to gather flowers, and then we must believe the stage to be a garden. By and by we hear news of shipwreck in the same place, and then we are to blame if we accept it not for a rock.