 | Colley Cibber - Actors - 1822 - 564 pages
...improvement, and to make it something more than motion without meaning, the fable of Mars and Venus was formed into a connected presentation of dances in character,...narration of gesture only, that even thinking spectators allowed it both a pleasing and a rational entertainment ; though, at the same time, from our distrust... | |
 | 1826 - 362 pages
...motion without meaning, the fable of " Mars °nd Venus " was formed into a connected presentation gf dances in character, wherein the passions were so...narration of gesture only, that even thinking spectators allowed it both a pleasing and a rational entertainment ; though at the same time, from our distrust... | |
 | Colley Cibber - 1826 - 358 pages
...and Venus " was formed into a connected presentation of dances in character, wherein the passions wem so happily expressed, and the whole story so intelligibly...narration of gesture only, that even thinking spectators allowed it both a pleasing and a rational entertainment ; though at the same time, from our distrust... | |
 | Dutton Cook - Theater - 1876 - 348 pages
...feasible counter-attraction to the regular drama. Thereupon " the fable of Mars and Venus was formed into a connected presentation of dances in character,...and the whole story so intelligibly told by a mute narrative of gesture only, that even thinking spectators allowed it both a pleasing and a rational... | |
 | Maurice Willson Disher - Clowns - 1925 - 484 pages
...of the stage," gives it special attention in his "Apology": The fable of Mars and Venus was formed into a connected presentation of dances in character,...passions were so happily expressed, and the whole story was so intelligibly told, by a mute narration of gesture only, that even thinking spectators allowed... | |
 | D. M. E. Habbema - 1928 - 226 pages
...improvement, & to make it something more than motion without meaning, the fable of Mars and Venus was formed into a connected presentation of dances in character,...story so intelligibly told by a mute narration of gestures only, that even thinking spectators allowed it both a pleasing and a rational entertainment;... | |
 | Lincoln Kirstein - Performing Arts - 1984 - 308 pages
...stage and social dancing. The Loves of Mars and Venus was, according to Colley Cibber, "a collected presentation of dances in character, wherein the Passions...were so happily expressed, and the whole story so intelligently told by the mute narration of gesture only, that even thinking Spectators allowed it... | |
 | Simon Trussler - Drama - 2000 - 420 pages
...spectacle you can imagine'. Gibber at first acknowledged the pleasures of pantomime, which he described as 'a connected presentation of dances in character,...narration of gesture only, that even thinking spectators allowed it both a pleasure and a rational entertainment'. But he competed with caution and against... | |
 | Colley Cibber, Byrne R. S. Fone - Performing Arts - 2000 - 422 pages
...Improvement, and to make it something more than Motion without Meaning, the Fable of Mars and Venus,10 was form'd into a connected Presentation of Dances...in Character, wherein the Passions were so happily express'd, and the whole Story so intelligibly told, by a mute Narration of Gesture only, that even... | |
 | 1875 - 618 pages
...improvement, and to make it something more than motion without meaning, the fable of Mars and Venus was formed into a connected presentation of dances in character,...and the whole story so intelligibly told by a mute narrative of gesture only, that even thinking spectators allowed it both a pleasing and a rational... | |
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To give even dancing, therefore, some improvement, and to make it something more than motion without meaning, the fable of Mars and Venus was formed into a connected presentation of dances in character, wherein the passions were so happily expressed,... 