Cumberland's British Theatre: With Remarks, Biographical & Critical. Printed from the Acting Copies, as Performed at the Theatres Royal, London...J. Cumberland, 1827 - English drama |
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... Madam - very well .. Enter SERVANT , L. Ser . Mr. Sneer , sir , to wait on you . Dan . O , shew Mr. Sneer up . [ Exit Servant , L. ] Plague on't , now we must appear loving and affectionate , or Sneer will hitch us into a story . Mrs. D ...
... Madam - very well .. Enter SERVANT , L. Ser . Mr. Sneer , sir , to wait on you . Dan . O , shew Mr. Sneer up . [ Exit Servant , L. ] Plague on't , now we must appear loving and affectionate , or Sneer will hitch us into a story . Mrs. D ...
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... madam , if not of your judgment . Dan . But , egad , he allows no merit to any author but himself , that's the truth on't - though he's my friend . Sneer . Never . He is as envious as an old maid verging on the desperation of six - and ...
... madam , if not of your judgment . Dan . But , egad , he allows no merit to any author but himself , that's the truth on't - though he's my friend . Sneer . Never . He is as envious as an old maid verging on the desperation of six - and ...
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... Madam , do you speak as to duration of time ; or do you mean that the story is tediously spun out ? Mrs. D. O Lud ! no . - I speak only with reference to the usual length of acting plays . Sir F. Then I am very happy - very happy indeed ...
... Madam , do you speak as to duration of time ; or do you mean that the story is tediously spun out ? Mrs. D. O Lud ! no . - I speak only with reference to the usual length of acting plays . Sir F. Then I am very happy - very happy indeed ...
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... madam - there , if you please . Til . I thought , sir , I wasn't to use that ' till " heart- rending woe . " Puff . O yes , madam - at'the finches of the grove , ' if you please . • Til . Nor lark , Linnet , nor all the finches of the ...
... madam - there , if you please . Til . I thought , sir , I wasn't to use that ' till " heart- rending woe . " Puff . O yes , madam - at'the finches of the grove , ' if you please . • Til . Nor lark , Linnet , nor all the finches of the ...
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... madam . • Til . -I see their decks ' Are clear'd ! -I see the signal made ! The line is form'd ! -a cable's length asunder ! I see the frigates station'd in the rear ; And now , I hear the thunder of the guns ! " I hear the victor's ...
... madam . • Til . -I see their decks ' Are clear'd ! -I see the signal made ! The line is form'd ! -a cable's length asunder ! I see the frigates station'd in the rear ; And now , I hear the thunder of the guns ! " I hear the victor's ...
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Page 15 - 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 18 - Sneer. In short, that even the finest passages you steal are of no service to you ; for the poverty of your own language prevents their assimilating ; so that they lie on the surface like lumps of marl on a barren moor, encumbering what it is not in their power to fertilize ! Sir Fret.
Page 17 - No ; quite the contrary : their abuse is, in fact, the best panegyric ; I like it of all things. — An author's reputation is only in danger from their support.
Page 39 - 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 21 - 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. Sneer, that from the first time I tried my hand at an advertisement, my success was such, that for some time after I led a most extraordinary life indeed ! Sneer. How, pray ? Puff. Sir, I supported myself two years entirely by my misfortunes. Sneer. By your misfortunes? Puff.
Page 43 - That's truly great. What, think you, 'twas set up The Greek and Roman name in such a lustre, But doing right in stern despite to nature ; Shutting their ears to all her little cries, When great, august, and godlike justice...
Page 26 - I open with a clock striking, to beget an awful attention in the audience: it also marks the time, which is four o'clock in the morning, and saves a description of the rising sun, and a great deal about gilding the eastern hemisphere.
Page 17 - 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. Mrs. Dang. I hope to see it on the stage next. Dang. Well, Sir Fretful, I wish you may be able to get rid as easily of the newspaper criticisms as you do of ours.
Page 10 - STAGE DIRECTIONS. The Conductors of this Work print no Plays but those which they have seen acted. The Stage Directions are given from their own personal observations, during the most recent performances.
Page 38 - Yes, I think there is something like it in Othello. Puff. Gad ! now you put me in mind on't, I believe there is — but that's of no consequence — all that can be said is, that two people happened to hit on the same thought— and Shakespeare made use of it first, that's alL Sneer.