Old Drury Lane: Fifty Years' Recollections of Author, Actor, and Manager, Band 2Chatto and Windus, 1881 |
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acting actor actress Adelphi appeared at Drury applause audience ballad BARON became born Boucicault Braham called character Charles Dickens Charles Kean CHARLES MATHEWS clever Colley Cibber comedian comedy comic Cooke Covent Garden DEAR died drama Drury Lane Duchess Duke Earl Edmund Kean Elliston engaged excellent Fanny farce father favour favourite fortune Garrick gentleman George graceful Hamlet Haymarket Henry honour humour Irish John JOHN BRAHAM Kean's Keeley Kemble King Kitty Clive Lady Liston London Lord Macbeth Macready Madame Madame Vestris manager married Miss never night Old Drury Opera original Othello pantomime performance Phelps piece play players poor popular Prince Princess's Queen Quin replied retired Richard the Third Roger Kemble Royalty Theatre scene season Shakespeare shillings Siddons singing stage STIRLING talent TATE WILKINSON Teazle Theatre Royal theatrical town tragedian tragedy vocalist Wallack Webster wife WILLIAM WILLIAM FARREN Yates young
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Seite 7 - Pious Belinda goes to prayers Whene'er I ask the favour, Yet the' tender fool's in tears When she thinks I'd leave her. Would I were free from this restraint, Or else had power to win her ; Would she could make of me a saint, Or I of her a sinner.
Seite 11 - Let a charming chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face: One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead; And, Betty, give this cheek a little red.
Seite 226 - A brave vessel, Who had no doubt some noble creatures in her, Dash'd all to pieces. O ! the cry did knock Against my very heart! Poor souls ! they perish'd.
Seite 21 - murder of the young King Edward V. and his brother in the Tower, the landing of the Earl of Richmond, and the death of King Richard in the memorable battle of Bosworth Field, being the last that was fought between the Houses of York and Lancaster, with many
Seite 19 - Easy, as if at home, the stage she trod, Nor sought the critic's praise nor fear'd his rod. Original in spirit and in ease, She pleased by hiding all attempts to please, No comic actress ever yet could raise On Humour's base more merit or more praise.
Seite 24 - fixed and unalterable. * I will very readily agree to my successors having more skill and ability for their station than I have ; but I defy them all to take more sincere and more uninterrupted pains for your favour, or to be more truly sensible of it, than is your humble servant.'*
Seite 280 - I have not anything to leave thee to perpetuate my memory but two helpless girls ; look upon them sometimes, and think of him who was to the last moment of his life, thine, 'G. FARQUHAR.
Seite 296 - Positively the last night, because the Company go to-morrow to Waterford. On Saturday, May 14, 1793, Will be performed, by desire and command of several respectable people in this learned Matrapolish, For the benefit of Mr. Kearnes, the Manager, ' THE TRAGEDY OF HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK,' Originally written and composed by the celebrated Dan Hayes, of Limerick, and insarted in
Seite 22 - To which will be added a Ballad Opera in one act, called '"THE VIRGIN UNMASKED," (the part of Lucy by Miss Hippisley); both of which will be performed gratis by persons for their diversion. ''The Concert will begin exactly at six o'clock.