Biographia Dramatica: Names of dramas: A-LLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1812 |
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... Duke of York's theatre , in 1671. 4to . 1677. This play is no more than an alteration of Marloe's Lust's Dominion , or The Lascivious Queen , of which see , more in its place . From it , however , Dr. Young took the hint of his ...
... Duke of York's theatre , in 1671. 4to . 1677. This play is no more than an alteration of Marloe's Lust's Dominion , or The Lascivious Queen , of which see , more in its place . From it , however , Dr. Young took the hint of his ...
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... Theatre Royal . Fol . 1685 ; " 1614 , by the gentlemen of Tri- 4to . 1691. Set to music by Lewis " nity College ... Duke of the Alchymist , and charges Ben of Monmouth landed in the west , Jonson , in very positive terms , and the ...
... Theatre Royal . Fol . 1685 ; " 1614 , by the gentlemen of Tri- 4to . 1691. Set to music by Lewis " nity College ... Duke of the Alchymist , and charges Ben of Monmouth landed in the west , Jonson , in very positive terms , and the ...
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... theatre to have succeeded on the stage with- out considerable alterations . The scene lies in America , chiefly in ... Duke's Theatre . 4to . 1671. The plot of this play is built on the novel of the Curious Impertinent , and on ...
... theatre to have succeeded on the stage with- out considerable alterations . The scene lies in America , chiefly in ... Duke's Theatre . 4to . 1671. The plot of this play is built on the novel of the Curious Impertinent , and on ...
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... Duke's Theatre . 4to . 1675. This play is only a translation of Racine's An dromaque , by a young gentleman , chiefly in prose , and published with some alterations by Crowne . It was brought on the stage without success . 277 ...
... Duke's Theatre . 4to . 1675. This play is only a translation of Racine's An dromaque , by a young gentleman , chiefly in prose , and published with some alterations by Crowne . It was brought on the stage without success . 277 ...
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... arts , some of which are too low , " which distinguish Cleopatra , no " character ... Duke's Thea- As this play is founded on the same story with the last - men ... Theatre Royal in Drury Lane , with success . 312. APOLLO AND DAPHNE ; or ...
... arts , some of which are too low , " which distinguish Cleopatra , no " character ... Duke's Thea- As this play is founded on the same story with the last - men ... Theatre Royal in Drury Lane , with success . 312. APOLLO AND DAPHNE ; or ...
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Página 54 - We were all at the first night of it, in great uncertainty of the event; till we were very much encouraged by overhearing the Duke of Argyle, who sat in the next box to us, say, 'it will do — it must do! — I see it in the eyes of them!
Página 55 - When you censure the age, Be cautious and sage, Lest the courtiers offended, should be ; If you mention vice or bribe, 'Tis so pat to all the tribe, Each cries — That was levelld at me.
Página 18 - This was the fatal period of that virtuous fabric, wherein yet nothing did perish but wood and straw, and a few forsaken cloaks ; only one man had his breeches set on fire, that would perhaps have broiled him, if he had not by the benefit of a provident wit put it out with bottle ale.
Página 18 - King Henry making a mask at the Cardinal Wolsey's house, and certain cannons being shot off at his entry, some of the paper, or other stuff wherewith one of them was stopped, did light on the thatch...
Página 217 - Statutes in that case made and provided, and against the peace of our Sovereign Lord the King, his crown, and dignity.
Página 212 - Penitent, his next production (1703), is one of the most pleasing tragedies on the stage, where it still keeps its turns of appearing, and probably will long keep them, for there is scarcely any work of any poet at once so interesting by the fable, and so delightful by the language.
Página 277 - Hamlet" the praise of variety. The incidents are so numerous, that the argument of the play would make a long tale. The scenes are interchangeably diversified with merriment and solemnity ; with merriment, that includes judicious and instructive observations; and solemnity, not strained by poetical violence above the natural sentiments of man. New characters appear from time to time in continual succession, exhibiting various forms of life and particular modes of conversation.
Página 73 - D'Ambois" upon the theatre ; but when I had taken up what I supposed a fallen star, I found I had been cozened with a jelly ; * nothing but a cold, dull mass, which glittered no longer than it was shooting...
Página 148 - To remark the folly of the fiction, the absurdity of the conduct, the confusion of the names and manners of different times, and the impossibility of the events in any system of life, were to waste criticism upon unresisting imbecility, upon faults too evident for detection, and too gross for aggravation.
Página 140 - ... and then discovered his face, that the spectators might see how they had transformed him, going on with their singing.