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PRINTED FROM THE ACTING COPY , WITH REMARKS , BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL , To which are added , A DESCRIPTION OF THE COSTUME , -CAST OF THE CHARACTERS , ENTRANCES AND EXITS , -RELATIVE POSITION OF THE PERPORMERS ON THE STAGE , AND THE ...
PRINTED FROM THE ACTING COPY , WITH REMARKS , BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL , To which are added , A DESCRIPTION OF THE COSTUME , -CAST OF THE CHARACTERS , ENTRANCES AND EXITS , -RELATIVE POSITION OF THE PERPORMERS ON THE STAGE , AND THE ...
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The playwright discovers his ingenuity more when se works without a plot , than with one ; -when , without any strong attempt at character , or extraordinary display of wit , he contrives to escape not only free from censure , but with ...
The playwright discovers his ingenuity more when se works without a plot , than with one ; -when , without any strong attempt at character , or extraordinary display of wit , he contrives to escape not only free from censure , but with ...
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The character is sketched with considerable quaintness and humour , and shows that the author could produce comic effects when he would . Yuseph is a perfect type of the renowned Vicar of Bray , having none of that fastidious delicacy ...
The character is sketched with considerable quaintness and humour , and shows that the author could produce comic effects when he would . Yuseph is a perfect type of the renowned Vicar of Bray , having none of that fastidious delicacy ...
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... to a regiment of soldiers in a tented field . however , pardon Brabam's introduction of Shield's exquisite ballad " My Heart with Love is Beating , ” in this opera , as it is perfectly relevant to the character and scene .
... to a regiment of soldiers in a tented field . however , pardon Brabam's introduction of Shield's exquisite ballad " My Heart with Love is Beating , ” in this opera , as it is perfectly relevant to the character and scene .
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An accidental circumstance , the indisposition of Miss M. Tree , brought Miss Love forward in a prominent character sooner than might have been expected - this was Marina , in the operatic entertainment of Cortez , which , at a very ...
An accidental circumstance , the indisposition of Miss M. Tree , brought Miss Love forward in a prominent character sooner than might have been expected - this was Marina , in the operatic entertainment of Cortez , which , at a very ...
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| Title | Cumberland's British Theatre: With Remarks, Biographical and Critical, Volume 20 Cumberland's British Theatre: With Remarks, Biographical and Critical, John Cumberland |
| Editors | George Daniel, John Cumberland |
| Illustrated by | Robert Cruikshank |
| Publisher | J. Cumberland, 1828 |
| Original from | the University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitized | 10 Nov 2016 |
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