The Monthly Mirror1809 |
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Page 60
... KEMBLE's defects . So far was well ; but when he descended from the doctor's chair into the amphitheatre , and shewed by example , how Macbeth should address the imaginary dagger , he stuck that weapon up to the hilt in the body of his ...
... KEMBLE's defects . So far was well ; but when he descended from the doctor's chair into the amphitheatre , and shewed by example , how Macbeth should address the imaginary dagger , he stuck that weapon up to the hilt in the body of his ...
Page 61
... Kemble himself was in the room ! Ambition is progressive . If Captain Gregory Higgins gained so much applause by a single speech , what portion of glory would he acquire , by rivalling KEMBLE through a whole play ? He did not wait to ...
... Kemble himself was in the room ! Ambition is progressive . If Captain Gregory Higgins gained so much applause by a single speech , what portion of glory would he acquire , by rivalling KEMBLE through a whole play ? He did not wait to ...
Page 70
... KEMBLE , the Manager , who should officiate as secretary . I would then have the purification- scene performed on the English stage - plays , as it was acted by the Curate and Barber , upon the knight of La Mancha's romances . Let them ...
... KEMBLE , the Manager , who should officiate as secretary . I would then have the purification- scene performed on the English stage - plays , as it was acted by the Curate and Barber , upon the knight of La Mancha's romances . Let them ...
Page 72
... KEMBLE and Bar- ber HARRIS the trouble of burning them . Their works are so completely soaked in the waters of Lethe , that by the applica- tion of fire they would only send forth the hiss they ought to re- ceive- " Requiescant in pace ...
... KEMBLE and Bar- ber HARRIS the trouble of burning them . Their works are so completely soaked in the waters of Lethe , that by the applica- tion of fire they would only send forth the hiss they ought to re- ceive- " Requiescant in pace ...
Page 116
... Kemble would not , and Mr. Elliston could not , do justice to the character of Sir Edward Mortimer . - Mr . Young , on the contrary , is honestly willing , and puissantly able . His performance of the part on this occasion , was ...
... Kemble would not , and Mr. Elliston could not , do justice to the character of Sir Edward Mortimer . - Mr . Young , on the contrary , is honestly willing , and puissantly able . His performance of the part on this occasion , was ...
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