 Burbage, of whom we may say that he was a delightful Proteus, so wholly transforming himself into his part, and putting off himself with his clothes, as he never (not so much as in the tiring-house) assum'd himself again until the play was done...  The English Drama in the Age of Shakespeare - Page 398by Wilhelm Michael Anton Creizenach - 1916 - 454 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Dodsley, Isaac Reed - English drama - 1825 - 496 pages
...Proteus, so wholly transforming himself into his part, " and putting off himself with his cloathes, as he never " (not so much as in the Tyring-house) assumed himself " again until the play was done : there being as much " difference betwixt him and one of our common actors as " between a ballad-singer... | |
 | Edward Wedlake Brayley - London (England) - 1828 - 448 pages
...delightful Proteus, so wholly transforming himself into his parts, and putting off himself with his cloaths, as he never (not so much as in the tyring-house) assumed himself again until the play was done. He had all the parts of an excellent orator, animating his words with speaking and his speech with... | |
 | John Genest - Theater - 1832 - 514 pages
...original Richard the 3d — Flecknoe in his Short Discourse of the English stage 1664, says of him — " He was a delightful Proteus, so wholly " transforming...into his part, and putting off " himself with his cloaths, as he never (not so much " as in the tyring-house) assumed himself again, " until the play... | |
 | Shakespeare Society (Great Britain) - 1846 - 362 pages
...of his description of " an excellent actor " from his " Short Discourse of the English Stage" — " He was a delightful Proteus, so wholly transforming...with his clothes, as he never (not so much as in the 'tiring house) assumed himself again, until the play was done. * * * * He had all the parts of an excellent... | |
 | 1853 - 352 pages
...commencement of his description of " an excellent actor" from his " Short Discourse of the English Stage"— " He was a delightful Proteus, so wholly transforming...with his clothes, as he never (not so much as in the 'tiring house) assumed himself again, until the play was done. * * * * He had all the parts of an excellent... | |
 | John Payne Collier - Actors - 1853 - 676 pages
...of his description of " an excellent actor " from his " Short Discourse of the English Stage " — " He was a delightful Proteus, so wholly transforming...with his clothes, as he never (not so much as in the 'tiring house) assumed himself again, until the play was done. * * * * He had all the parts of an excellent... | |
 | Actors - 1878 - 244 pages
...And quite been charm'd with thy all-charming art." " He was a delightful Proteus," says Flecknoe, " so wholly transforming himself into his part, and...tyring-house) assumed himself again until the play was done. . . . He had all the parts of an excellent actor (animating his words with speaking and speech with... | |
 | Actors - 1878 - 234 pages
...dart And quite been charm'd with thy all-charming art." "He was a delightful Proteus," says Flecknoe, "so wholly transforming himself into his part, and...tyring-house) assumed himself again until the play was done. ... He had all the parts of an excellent actor (animating his words with speaking and speech with action),... | |
 | Henry Barton Baker - Actors - 1878 - 428 pages
...And quite been charm'd with thy all-charming art." "He was a delightful Proteus," says Flecknoe,t " so wholly transforming himself into his part, and putting off himself with his clothes, as he never, * All representatives of Shylocks wore a red wig until Kean donned a black, the former colour it would... | |
 | William Shakespeare - English drama - 1879 - 556 pages
...description of " an excellent actor," which he afterwards versified and applied directly to Burbage : — " He was a delightful Proteus, so wholly transforming...with his clothes as he never (not so much as in the 'tiring house) assumed himself again, until the play was done He had all the parts of an excellent... | |
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