Oxberry's dramatic biography and histrionic anecdotes [ed. by C.E. Oxberry]., Volume 21825 |
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... voice , ( which is extremely harsh and disagreeable , ) or to his having but an imperfect feeling of the passion of love , I shall not take upon me to determine ; be that as it will , I take love to be the only HISTRIONIC ANECDOTES . 13.
... voice , ( which is extremely harsh and disagreeable , ) or to his having but an imperfect feeling of the passion of love , I shall not take upon me to determine ; be that as it will , I take love to be the only HISTRIONIC ANECDOTES . 13.
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... voice equally strong and harmonious . But nature , which has been so prodigal to him in the accidental qualifications of a play- er , has refused him all those essential ones which consti- tute the theatrical genius ; though his ...
... voice equally strong and harmonious . But nature , which has been so prodigal to him in the accidental qualifications of a play- er , has refused him all those essential ones which consti- tute the theatrical genius ; though his ...
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... voice is , perhaps , as good as that of any player upon the stage , his elocution is execrable ; he has not the art of giving variety to his tones , or flexibility to his modulation . In a word , his elocution is hardly good enough for ...
... voice is , perhaps , as good as that of any player upon the stage , his elocution is execrable ; he has not the art of giving variety to his tones , or flexibility to his modulation . In a word , his elocution is hardly good enough for ...
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... voice , though sweet , was by no means settled , and it would have been rash to have ha- zarded her subsequent fame on an early experiment . A few unimportant parts , ke Maria in The Spoiled Child , served to initiate her a little into ...
... voice , though sweet , was by no means settled , and it would have been rash to have ha- zarded her subsequent fame on an early experiment . A few unimportant parts , ke Maria in The Spoiled Child , served to initiate her a little into ...
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... voice , as the lady she occa- sionally represents . We do not mean to deny , that this managerial system may sometimes prevent disappoint- ment to the public , but it involves injustice and injury to the performer , and tends to obscure ...
... voice , as the lady she occa- sionally represents . We do not mean to deny , that this managerial system may sometimes prevent disappoint- ment to the public , but it involves injustice and injury to the performer , and tends to obscure ...
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Page 15 - O, it offends me to the soul to hear a robustious periwig-pated fellow tear a passion to tatters, to very rags, to split the ears of the groundlings, who for the most part are capable of nothing but inexplicable dumb-shows and noise: I would have such a fellow whipped for o'erdoing Termagant; it out-herods Herod: pray you, avoid it.
Page 51 - Round her she made an atmosphere of life, The very air seem'd lighter from her eyes, They were so soft and beautiful, and rife With all we can imagine of the skies, And pure as Psyche ere she grew a wifeToo pure even for the purest human ties; Her overpowering presence made you feel It would not be idolatry to kneel.
Page 30 - The best actors in the world, either for tragedy, comedy, history, pastoral, pastoral-comical, historicalpastoral, tragical-historical, tragical-comical-historicalpastoral, scene individable, or poem unlimited : Seneca cannot be too heavy, nor Plautus too light.
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Page 64 - I love plain dealing, and am never more fond of it than when it tells me of them." " Then, madam," says Mr. Fairbeard, " you and the Plain Dealer seem designed by heaven for each other.
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Page 65 - The piece was of two acts ; the story, a servant-girl whose master had fallen in love with her ; and being offered a settlement by him, is warned by Thomas the Butler, who loves her, and tells her to beware of her master ; for if she once loses her virtue, she will have no pretensions to chastity. She takes his advice, and slights her master, who, overcome by her honest principles, and the strength of his passion, offers to marry her; she begs Thomas may be by, to hear the reply she gives to such...
Page 14 - Of sun and moon, and that the affrighted globe Should yawn at alteration.
Page 259 - The man that lays his hand upon a woman, Save in the way of kindness, is a wretch Whom 'twere gross flattery to name a coward.
Page 108 - you have only to make use of my name, which I fully authorize you to do, and you may rely upon being well received. Say that I have seen you on the stage, and declared my satisfaction at your performance.