Kean and Booth and their contemporariesBrander Matthews, Laurence Hutton L. C. Page, 1900 |
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Kean and Booth; and their contemporaries Brander Matthews,Laurence Hutton Visualització completa - 1886 |
Kean and Booth; and their contemporaries Brander Matthews,Laurence Hutton Visualització completa - 1886 |
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Pàgina 19 - A cur can lend three thousand ducats ? " or Shall I bend low, and in a bondman's key, With 'bated breath, and whispering humbleness, Say this, — " Fair, sir, you spit on me on Wednesday last ; You spurned me such a day ; another time You called me — dog ; and for these courtesies I'll lend you thus much moneys.
Pàgina 118 - Apostate," was sure to draw a crowded house. (Remember heavy pieces were much more in demand those days than now. ) He was also unapproachably grand in Sir Giles Overreach, in " A New Way to Pay Old Debts," and the principal character in "The Iron Chest.
Pàgina 238 - O PRECIOUS evenings! all too swiftly sped! Leaving us heirs to amplest heritages Of all the best thoughts of the greatest sages, And giving tongues unto the silent dead!
Pàgina 15 - Before the piece was brought out, I had a number of children brought to me, that I might choose a Cupid. One struck me, with a fine pair of black eyes, who seemed by his looks and little gestures to be most anxious to be chosen as the representative of the God of Love ; I chose him, and little then did I imagine that my little Cupid would eventually become a great actor ; the then little urchin, was neither more nor less than Edmund Kean.
Pàgina 29 - On the demise of a person of eminence, it is confidently averred that he had a hand "open as day to melting charity," and that "take him for all in all, we ne'er shall look upon his like again.
Pàgina 100 - The Worldly Hope men set their Hearts upon Turns Ashes — or it prospers; and anon, Like Snow upon the Desert's dusty Face, Lighting a little hour or two — is gone.
Pàgina 108 - I immediately became impressed with the persuasion, this Booth will make a real actor ! I set down these things because, as you are a very young man, they may be of use to you. But I should not have troubled you with this letter were it not for the particular situation in which you now stand. You have incurred the displeasure of the common frequenters of the theatre. I know not how the contest may terminate, but I write earnestly to recommend to you not to be cast down if the event be unfavorable....
Pàgina 34 - ... necessary in Shakespeare, whose work is essentially different from the classic drama, because it presents every mood of mind and form of speech, commonplace or exalted, as character and situation dictate : whereas in such a play as Addison's Cato everybody is consistently eloquent about everything. There are many causes for the growth -of naturalism in dramatic art, and amongst them we should remember the improvement in the mechanism of the stage. For instance, there has been a remarkable development...
Pàgina 25 - Farewell" ran on the same tones and semitones, had the same rests and breaks, the same forte and piano, the same crescendo and diminuendo, night after night, as if he spoke it from a musical score. And what beautiful, what thrilling music it was, the music of a broken heart — the cry of a despairing soul!
Pàgina 31 - I shrank from them behind my sister, but she whispered to me that it would be unkind to show any fear, so we approached and were kindly greeted by the pair. Oh, what a voice was that which spoke ! It seemed to come from far away — a long, long way behind him. After the first salutation it said,