Shadows of the StageMacmillan, 1892 - 387 էջ |
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... American historian of the stage ( James Rees , 1845 ) described it as a wreck , overwhelmed with " gloom and eter- nal night , " above which the genius of the drama was mournfully presiding , in the likeness of an owl . The New York ...
... American historian of the stage ( James Rees , 1845 ) described it as a wreck , overwhelmed with " gloom and eter- nal night , " above which the genius of the drama was mournfully presiding , in the likeness of an owl . The New York ...
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... America . With that beginning the way was opened for the growth of superb stock - com- panies , in the early days of the American theatre . The English , next to the Italians , were the first among modern peoples to create a dramatic ...
... America . With that beginning the way was opened for the growth of superb stock - com- panies , in the early days of the American theatre . The English , next to the Italians , were the first among modern peoples to create a dramatic ...
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... ancient days are confused , be- wildered , and distressed by much that is offered in the theatres now . I have listened to the talk of an aged American acquain- tance ( Thurlow Weed ) , who had seen and 22 THE GOOD OLD TIMES .
... ancient days are confused , be- wildered , and distressed by much that is offered in the theatres now . I have listened to the talk of an aged American acquain- tance ( Thurlow Weed ) , who had seen and 22 THE GOOD OLD TIMES .
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... American stage . It had slept for more than a generation when , in the autumn of 1876 , Adelaide Neilson revived it at Philadelphia ; but since then it has been reproduced by sev- eral of her imitators . She first offered it on the New ...
... American stage . It had slept for more than a generation when , in the autumn of 1876 , Adelaide Neilson revived it at Philadelphia ; but since then it has been reproduced by sev- eral of her imitators . She first offered it on the New ...
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... America in this generation , Edwin Booth . No other American actor of this century has had a rise so rapid or a career so early and continuously brilliant as that of Edwin Booth . His father , the renowned Junius Brutus Booth , had ...
... America in this generation , Edwin Booth . No other American actor of this century has had a rise so rapid or a career so early and continuously brilliant as that of Edwin Booth . His father , the renowned Junius Brutus Booth , had ...
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Էջ 11 - I would go fifty miles on foot, for I have not a horse worth riding on, to kiss the hand of that man whose generous heart will give up the reins of his imagination into his author's hands — be pleased he knows not why, and cares not wherefore.
Էջ 259 - ... upon him her whole artillery of airs, eyes, and motion; down goes her dainty, diving body to the ground, as if she were sinking under the conscious load of her own attractions; then launches into a flood of fine language and compliment, still playing her chest forward in fifty falls and risings, like a swan upon waving water...
Էջ 275 - CLXXVII •Oh, that the Desert were my dwelling-place, With one fair Spirit for my minister, That I might all forget the human race, And, hating no one, love but only her ! Ye Elements, in whose ennobling stir I feel myself exalted, can ye not Accord me such a being ? Do I err In deeming such inhabit many a spot, Though with them to converse can rarely be our lot...
Էջ 100 - A creature not too bright and good For human nature's daily food; For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.
Էջ 46 - 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.
Էջ 378 - And babes, sweet-smiling babes, our bed. How should I love the pretty creatures, While round my knees they fondly clung ; To see them look their mother's features, To hear them lisp their mother's tongue. And when with envy, time transported, Shall think to rob us of our joys, You'll in your girls again be courted, And I'll go wooing in my boys.
Էջ 210 - ... could have felt more with me and for me. Why, then, should I hesitate (unless through a fear that I might seem egotistical) to tell you all my triumphs, all my success? Suffice it, all my successes put together since I have been upon the stage would not come near my success in London; and I only wanted some one of you here to enjoy it with me, to make it complete.
Էջ 355 - I slept soundly till three o'clock, awaked, and then writ these lines : " ' Come, pleasing Rest, eternal Slumber, fall ; Seal mine, that once must seal the eyes of all. Calm and composed my soul her journey takes, No guilt that troubles, and no heart that aches. Adieu ! thou Sun, all bright like her arise ; Adieu ! fair Friends, and all that's good and wise.