A Collection of Farces and Other After-pieces, which are Acted at the Theatres Royal, Drury-Lane, Covent-Garden and Hay-Market: Printed Under the Authority of the Managers from the Prompt Book, Volume 3Mrs. Inchbald Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1809 - English drama |
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... Enter Passengers , limping . 1st Pass . A cursed rogue - he would try to beat the mail coach . 2d Pass . Yes , he has been at his tantarums for the last fifteen miles . Barmaid . Lawyers , I see , returning from the as- sizes . [ Aside ...
... Enter Passengers , limping . 1st Pass . A cursed rogue - he would try to beat the mail coach . 2d Pass . Yes , he has been at his tantarums for the last fifteen miles . Barmaid . Lawyers , I see , returning from the as- sizes . [ Aside ...
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... Enter Sir GREgory , Clara , and PETER . Sir Gre . Well - here we are at last . - A tent to command a view of the heath has been pitched , I hope , as I desired ? Barmaid . The tent , sir , is ready - it is placed in the inclosed ...
... Enter Sir GREgory , Clara , and PETER . Sir Gre . Well - here we are at last . - A tent to command a view of the heath has been pitched , I hope , as I desired ? Barmaid . The tent , sir , is ready - it is placed in the inclosed ...
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... Enter CARTRIDGE , stopping PETER , who attempts to depart . Car . Peter . Car . Peter . Gar . AIR I. Duet , Chorus , & c . Hark ! hark ! the drum ! Sure enough they come ! I'll away - I'll away ! Prithee stay - prithee stay ! I must go ...
... Enter CARTRIDGE , stopping PETER , who attempts to depart . Car . Peter . Car . Peter . Gar . AIR I. Duet , Chorus , & c . Hark ! hark ! the drum ! Sure enough they come ! I'll away - I'll away ! Prithee stay - prithee stay ! I must go ...
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... enter Cartridge . [ Exit . Cart . So --- he's off . - Oh , that's right - the port- manteau ! -I'll have an eye to it , if it be only for the purpose of concealing a very necessary ladder of ropes , which Susan must convey to her lady ...
... enter Cartridge . [ Exit . Cart . So --- he's off . - Oh , that's right - the port- manteau ! -I'll have an eye to it , if it be only for the purpose of concealing a very necessary ladder of ropes , which Susan must convey to her lady ...
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... Enter CLARA . Clara , What a fate is mine ! Whither shall I turn for refuge ! Field . [ Coming forward . ] Confide in me , my sweet- est girl ! Clara . Mercy ! my dear Fieldair , how came you here ? 2 Field . I have for some time been ...
... Enter CLARA . Clara , What a fate is mine ! Whither shall I turn for refuge ! Field . [ Coming forward . ] Confide in me , my sweet- est girl ! Clara . Mercy ! my dear Fieldair , how came you here ? 2 Field . I have for some time been ...
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Page 223 - Then for the performance. Mr. Dodd was astonishingly great in the character of Sir Harry. That universal and judicious actor, Mr. Palmer, perhaps never appeared to more advantage than in the Colonel ; but it is not in the power of language to do justice to Mr. King; indeed he more than merited those repeated bursts of applause which he drew from a most brilliant and judicious audience. As to the scenery, the miraculous powers of Mr.
Page 249 - Puff. Why, by that shake of the head, he gave you to understand that even though they had more justice in their cause, and wisdom in their measures — yet, if there was not a greater spirit shown on the part of the people, the country would at last fall a sacrifice to the hostile ambition of the Spanish monarchy.
Page 211 - Steal ! — to be sure they may ; and, egad, serve your best thoughts as gypsies do stolen children, disfigure them to make 'em pass for their own.
Page 223 - Lud, sir, you are very ignorant, I am afraid ! — Yes, sir, puffing is of various sorts ; the principal are, the puff direct, the puff preliminary, the puff collateral, the puff collusive, and the puff oblique, or puff by implication. These all assume, as circumstances require, the various forms of letter to the editor, occasional anecdote, impartial critique, observation from correspondent, or advertisement from the party.
Page 213 - Or, if I made any objection, I am sure it was to nothing in the piece; but that I was afraid it was on the whole, a little too long.
Page 222 - Sneer. Oh, I understand you. Puff. And in truth I deserved what I got ; for I suppose never man went through such a series of calamities in the same space, of time ! — Sir, I was five times made a bankrupt, and reduced from a state of affluence by a train of unavoidable misfortunes ! then, sir, though...
Page 211 - Why, sir, for aught I know, he might take out some of the best things in my tragedy, and put them into his own comedy.
Page 213 - Oh, if Mr. Dangle read it, that's quite another affair !— But I assure you, Mrs. Dangle, the first evening you can spare me three hours and a half...
Page 213 - I'll undertake to read you the whole, from beginning to end, with the prologue and epilogue, and allow time for the music between the acts.
Page 221 - But pray, Mr. Puff, what first put you on exercising your talents in this way? Puff. Egad, sir, sheer necessity — the proper parent of an art so nearly allied to invention : you must know, Mr.