The Critic: Or, A Tragedy Rehearsed; a Dramatic Piece in Two ActsPub. under the supervision of A.A. Gammell, 1908 - 44 Seiten |
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The Critic, Or a Tragedy Rehearsed: A Farce (Classic Reprint) Richard Brinsley Sheridan Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2017 |
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A. G. SPALDING actors April BEEFEATER Behold thy votaries BURLEIGH burlesqued Chapel Street comedy CONFIDANT Conn Critic David Jay Ely Drury Lane Theatre Egad Enter SERVANT Enter TILBURINA Enter WHISKERANDOS Exeunt Exit SERVANT fleet FRANK LEA SHORT gentlemen hear heroic i'faith INTERPRETER Kneels LEICESTER madam Mallory Steamship Company Manager Matthew Griswold Ely MAXWELL OSWALD PARRY Miles Carrington Hannah monsieur Dangle never NIECES plague play pray PROMPTER PUFF R. M. BYRNES rehearsal Revizór revolving suns ridiculous ROBERT MALLORY Ronald Muirhead Byrnes scarce two revolving scene sentimental SENTINEL Sheridan SIGNOR PASTICCIO SIGNORA PASTICCIO RITORNELLO SIR CHRISTOPHER HATTON Sir Fretful Plagiary SIR WALTER SNEER and DANGLE Spanish Armada stage sure Tailors theatrical thing thou thy votaries submissive Tilbury Fort true UNIVERSITY DRAMATIC ASSOCIATION Vosignoria votaries submissive beg Waldorf-Astoria Hotel William DeForest Manice WILLIAM LYON PHELPS Yale Dramatic Association YALE UNIVERSITY DRAMATIC York
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Seite 17 - ... a very industrious tradesman, I was twice burnt out, and lost my little all both times : I lived upon those fires a month. I soon after was confined by a most excruciating disorder, and lost the use of my limbs : that told very well ; for I had the case strongly attested, and went about to collect the subscriptions myself.
Seite 10 - 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. Sneer.
Seite 17 - I made some occasional attempts at felo de se ; but as I did not find those rash actions answer, I left off killing myself very soon. Well, sir, — at last, what with bankruptcies, fires, gouts, dropsies, imprisonments, and other valuable calamities, having got together a pretty handsome sum, I determined to quit a business which had always gone rather against my conscience...
Seite 40 - 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. Sneer. The devil! did he mean all that by shaking his head? Puff. Every word of it — if he shook his head as I taught him.
Seite 16 - 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.
Seite 16 - To those -whom Providence hath blessed with affluence ! Sneer. Oh, I understand you. Puff. And, in truth, I deserved what I got 1 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...
Seite 9 - 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, 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.
Seite 14 - Sneer. Well, I'll explain that — the less time we lose in hearing them the better — for that, I suppose, is what they are brought here for.
Seite 9 - The newspapers ! Sir, they are the most villainous — licentious — abominable — infernal — not that I ever read them. No; I make it a rule never to look into a newspaper.
Seite 7 - Besides, I can tell you it is not always so safe to leave a play in the hands of those who write themselves. Sneer — What! they may steal from them, hey, my dear Plagiary ? Sir Fretful — Steal! To be sure they may; and egad, serve your best thoughts as gipsies do stolen children, — disfigure them to make 'em pass for their own.