The Actor: A Treatise on the Art of Playing, Interspersed with Theatrical Anecdotes, Critical Remarks on Plays, and Occasional Observations on AudiencesThoughts on acting interspersed with theatrical anectdotes, critical remarks on plays, and occasional observations on audiences. |
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Page 109
... thofe that offer themselves to our thoughts is the moft general . When we obferv'd that the misfortunes of others ... thofe miferies are fuch as ourselves are equally expos'd to with those whom we fee fuffering them ; but , on the ...
... thofe that offer themselves to our thoughts is the moft general . When we obferv'd that the misfortunes of others ... thofe miferies are fuch as ourselves are equally expos'd to with those whom we fee fuffering them ; but , on the ...
Page 153
... thofe Affiftances which Players ought to receive from Art . I T will evidently appear from the observations deliver ... thofe perfons who determine to make the ftage their profeffion scarce ever trouble themselves with re- flecting on ...
... thofe Affiftances which Players ought to receive from Art . I T will evidently appear from the observations deliver ... thofe perfons who determine to make the ftage their profeffion scarce ever trouble themselves with re- flecting on ...
Page 212
... thofe two paffions : fome who have represented this character have given up wholly to love and tenderness , others to patri- otifm and the care and concern for the dangers of their country ; the one fet have made love wholly triumph ...
... thofe two paffions : fome who have represented this character have given up wholly to love and tenderness , others to patri- otifm and the care and concern for the dangers of their country ; the one fet have made love wholly triumph ...
Contents
CONTENTS | 1 |
Whether an Actor can have too much Fire? | 28 |
CHAP IV | 52 |
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