Cumberland's British Theatre: With Remarks, Biographical and Critical, Volume 16George Daniel, John Cumberland J. Cumberland, 1827 - English drama |
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... CHARACTERS , ENTRANCES AND EXITS , -RELATIVE POSITIONS OF THE PER- FORMERS ON THE STAGE , AND THE WHOLE OF THE STAGE BUSINESS . As now performed at the THEATRES ROYAL , LONDON . EMBELLISHED WITH A PORTRAIT OF MR . MATHEWS , IN THE CHARACTER ...
... CHARACTERS , ENTRANCES AND EXITS , -RELATIVE POSITIONS OF THE PER- FORMERS ON THE STAGE , AND THE WHOLE OF THE STAGE BUSINESS . As now performed at the THEATRES ROYAL , LONDON . EMBELLISHED WITH A PORTRAIT OF MR . MATHEWS , IN THE CHARACTER ...
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... character has been variously drawn , accord- ing to the caprice and prejudice of individuals . Johnson , who had neither legs for dancing , nor ears for music , dis- misses it most contemptuously— " All sciences a fasting Monsieur knows ...
... character has been variously drawn , accord- ing to the caprice and prejudice of individuals . Johnson , who had neither legs for dancing , nor ears for music , dis- misses it most contemptuously— " All sciences a fasting Monsieur knows ...
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... characters are pleasantly drawn , and the story , in its progress and development , has the genuine drollery of Farce , with something to interest and engage our best feelings . The hits in the character of Morbleu are exceedingly good ...
... characters are pleasantly drawn , and the story , in its progress and development , has the genuine drollery of Farce , with something to interest and engage our best feelings . The hits in the character of Morbleu are exceedingly good ...
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... character , and gave the town his version of it . There may be four Tonsons , but there is only one Monsieur Morbleu . And the difference is this - Gattie hits off the pauvre barbière to a nicety ; but he looks as if he had never been ...
... character , and gave the town his version of it . There may be four Tonsons , but there is only one Monsieur Morbleu . And the difference is this - Gattie hits off the pauvre barbière to a nicety ; but he looks as if he had never been ...
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... character he represents . Natural talent , refined and improved by art , is true excellence ; but art without nature , is an automaton --a wax - work figure ; the semblance of life , not the reality . It is recorded that Garrick " But ...
... character he represents . Natural talent , refined and improved by art , is true excellence ; but art without nature , is an automaton --a wax - work figure ; the semblance of life , not the reality . It is recorded that Garrick " But ...
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| Title | Cumberland's British Theatre: With Remarks, Biographical and Critical, Volume 16 Cumberland's British Theatre: With Remarks, Biographical and Critical, George Daniel |
| Editors | George Daniel, John Cumberland |
| Illustrated by | Robert Cruikshank |
| Publisher | J. Cumberland, 1827 |
| Original from | the University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitized | 10 Nov 2016 |
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