Shakespeare from Betterton to Irving, Volumul 1C. Scribner's sons, 1920 |
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Shakespeare from Betterton to Irving, Volumul 1 George Clinton Densmore Odell Vizualizare completă - 1920 |
Shakespeare from Betterton to Irving, Volumul 1 George Clinton Densmore Odell Vizualizare completă - 1920 |
Shakespeare from Betterton to Irving, Volumul 1 George Clinton Densmore Odell Vizualizare completă - 1920 |
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Pagina 239 - Like one that on a lonesome road Doth walk in fear and dread, And having once turned round, walks on, And turns no more his head ; Because he knows a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread.
Pagina 36 - Dream," which I had never seen before, nor shall ever again, for it is the most insipid ridiculous play that ever I saw in my life.
Pagina 161 - The Tragedy of Macbeth, alter'd by Sir William Davenant; being drest in all it's Finery, as new Cloath's, new Scenes, Machines, as flyings for the Witches ; with all the Singing and Dancing in it : THE first Compos'd by Mr.
Pagina 319 - If by your art, my dearest father, you have Put the wild waters in this roar, allay them : The sky, it seems, would pour down stinking pitch, But that the sea, mounting to the welkin's cheek, Dashes the fire out.
Pagina 161 - The Tempest, or the Inchanted Island, made into an Opera by Mr. Shadwell, having all New in it; as Scenes, Machines; particularly, one Scene Painted with Myriads of Ariel Spirits; and another flying away, with a Table Furnisht out with Fruits, Sweet meats, and all sorts of Viands; just when Duke Trinculo and his Companions
Pagina 123 - House, so that the most distant Ear had scarce the least Doubt or Difficulty in hearing what fell from the weakest Utterance : All Objects were thus drawn nearer to the Sense; every painted Scene was stronger; every grand Scene and Dance more extended ; every rich or fine-coloured Habit had a more lively Lustre : Nor was the minutest Motion of a Feature (properly changing with the Passion or Humour it suited) ever lost, as they frequently must be in the Obscurity of too great a Distance...
Pagina 213 - If music be the food of love, play on ; Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die. That strain again ! it had a dying fall : O ! it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour.
Pagina 65 - Myself and what is mine to you and yours Is now converted: but now I was the lord Of this fair mansion, master of my servants, Queen o'er myself; and even now, but now, This house, these servants, and this same myself Are yours, my lord. I give them with this ring...
Pagina 8 - It must be observed then, that the area, or platform of the old stage, projected about four foot forwarder, in a semi-oval figure, parallel to the benches of the pit; and that the former lower doors of entrance for the actors were brought down between the two foremost (and then only) pilasters; in the place of which doors, now the two stage boxes are fixed.
Pagina 278 - The ordinary method of making an hero, is to clap a huge plume 5 of feathers upon his head, which rises so very high, that there is often a greater length from his chin to the top of his head, than to the sole of his foot.