Shadows of the StageMacmillan, 1892 - 387 էջ |
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... RICHARD MANSFIELD 301 XXI . GENEVIEVE WARD 315 · XXII . EDWARD S. WILLARD 322 XXIII . SALVINI 339 XXIV . IRVING AS EUGENE ARAM 348 XXV . CHARLES FISHER 367 XXVI . MRS . GILBERT 374 XXVII . JAMES LEWIS 379 XXVIII . A LEAF FROM MY JOURNAL ...
... RICHARD MANSFIELD 301 XXI . GENEVIEVE WARD 315 · XXII . EDWARD S. WILLARD 322 XXIII . SALVINI 339 XXIV . IRVING AS EUGENE ARAM 348 XXV . CHARLES FISHER 367 XXVI . MRS . GILBERT 374 XXVII . JAMES LEWIS 379 XXVIII . A LEAF FROM MY JOURNAL ...
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... Richard Burbage , the first Romeo ; of Armin , famous in Shakespeare's clowns and fools ; of Heminge and Condell , who edited the First Folio of Shakespeare , which possibly he himself purchased , fresh from the press ; of Joseph Taylor ...
... Richard Burbage , the first Romeo ; of Armin , famous in Shakespeare's clowns and fools ; of Heminge and Condell , who edited the First Folio of Shakespeare , which possibly he himself purchased , fresh from the press ; of Joseph Taylor ...
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... Richard Mansfield , is a comparatively sterile period- " Too long shut in strait and few , thinly dieted on dew " - which ought to have felt the spell of Cooper and Mary Duff , and known what acting was when Cooke's long forefinger ...
... Richard Mansfield , is a comparatively sterile period- " Too long shut in strait and few , thinly dieted on dew " - which ought to have felt the spell of Cooper and Mary Duff , and known what acting was when Cooke's long forefinger ...
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... Richard ) , Gilbert had become a famous actor . The younger man , however , speedily rose to the higher level of the best dramatic ability as well as the best theatrical culture of his time ; and it is significant of the splendid ...
... Richard ) , Gilbert had become a famous actor . The younger man , however , speedily rose to the higher level of the best dramatic ability as well as the best theatrical culture of his time ; and it is significant of the splendid ...
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... said , " but neither Richard nor Sir Giles . " Forrest thought Edmund Kean the greatest actor of the age , and copied him , especially in Othello . Pathos , with 66 all that it implies , seems to have been Kean's EDWIN BOOTH . 75.
... said , " but neither Richard nor Sir Giles . " Forrest thought Edmund Kean the greatest actor of the age , and copied him , especially in Othello . Pathos , with 66 all that it implies , seems to have been Kean's EDWIN BOOTH . 75.
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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.