Oxberry's dramatic biography and histrionic anecdotes [ed. by C.E. Oxberry]., Volume 51826 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 32
Page 17
... sing enchantingly , and the two latter act well also . Miss Lacy and Cooper do what is allotted to them respectably , and the gentlemen of the chorus laugh less and sing better than usual . Mr. C. Bland- " ah ! there's the rub ! " - he ...
... sing enchantingly , and the two latter act well also . Miss Lacy and Cooper do what is allotted to them respectably , and the gentlemen of the chorus laugh less and sing better than usual . Mr. C. Bland- " ah ! there's the rub ! " - he ...
Page 25
... singing , and is a delightful singer for a room , but his voice is not suf- ficiently powerful for a theatre . He had , as the theatricals term it , " smelt the lamps , " and he made his debut at the Lyceum , as Don Carlos , in The ...
... singing , and is a delightful singer for a room , but his voice is not suf- ficiently powerful for a theatre . He had , as the theatricals term it , " smelt the lamps , " and he made his debut at the Lyceum , as Don Carlos , in The ...
Page 31
... sing- ing is an art ; but there is something beyond all this , to be found where the personal nature is exquisitely blended with the effort of art . Miss Stephens has a honied sweet- ness in her tone , a richness that seems to spring ...
... sing- ing is an art ; but there is something beyond all this , to be found where the personal nature is exquisitely blended with the effort of art . Miss Stephens has a honied sweet- ness in her tone , a richness that seems to spring ...
Page 32
... is not very beautiful , when in repose , but , whilst singing , its expression is divine ; her hair and eyes are dark ; and she is about the middle size . HISTRIONIC ANECDOTES , REMARKS , & c . & c 32 DRAMATIC BIOGRAPHY .
... is not very beautiful , when in repose , but , whilst singing , its expression is divine ; her hair and eyes are dark ; and she is about the middle size . HISTRIONIC ANECDOTES , REMARKS , & c . & c 32 DRAMATIC BIOGRAPHY .
Page 59
... singing a song , and it had therefore been presumed that she could not sing . The bills which announced her for Rosalind , made no mention of the cuckoo song , inci- dental to the character , and the audience therefore did not expect it ...
... singing a song , and it had therefore been presumed that she could not sing . The bills which announced her for Rosalind , made no mention of the cuckoo song , inci- dental to the character , and the audience therefore did not expect it ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acting actor actress admirable amongst appeared applause Armand Vestris audience BARTLEY Bath beauty Beggar's Opera benefit BRUNTON called character Charles Kemble CHATTERLEY circumstances comedian comedy COOPER Covent-garden theatre CROUCH delight DRAMATIC CRITICISMS Drury Drury-lane theatre efforts Elliston engaged English opera-house entertainment excellence Falstaff farce favour favourite feeling friends genius gentleman Hamlet Haymarket theatre hero heroine heroine's HISTRIONIC ANECDOTES honour imitation Jane Shore Julius Cæsar Kean KEELEY Kemble lady London MACREADY MACREADY's Madame VESTRIS manager mannerist MATHEWS memoir metropolis mind Miss CHESTER Miss KELLY Miss PATON Miss SOMERVILLE nature never night opera Othello patent theatres performance period person piece play possession present profession provincial readers received recollection REMARKS respectable Richard Romeo scene season sing singer song stage style success talent Theatre-royal theatrical thing tion town tragedy voice W. C. MACREADY WALLACK WARDE whilst YATES young
Popular passages
Page 268 - He began on it; and when first he mentioned it to Swift, the doctor did not much like the project As he carried it on, he showed what he wrote to both of us, and we now and then gave a correction, or a word or two of advice; but it was wholly of his own writing. — When it was done, neither of us thought it would succeed. We showed it to - Congreve; who, after reading it over, said, it would either take greatly, or be damned confoundedly.
Page 234 - tis true, this god did shake : His coward lips did from their colour fly ; And that same eye whose bend doth awe the world Did lose his lustre : I did hear him groan : Ay, and that tongue of his that bade the Romans Mark him, and write his speeches in their books, , Alas ! it cried, " Give me some drink, Titinius,
Page 165 - On Lough Neagh's bank as the fisherman strays, When the clear, cold eve's declining, He sees the round towers of other days, In the wave beneath him shining! Thus shall memory often, in dreams sublime, Catch a glimpse of the days that are over, Thus, sighing, look through the waves of time For the long-faded glories they cover!
Page 33 - Oh, what was love made for, if 'tis not the same Through joy and through torment, through glory and shame, I know not, I ask not, if guilt's in that heart : I but know that I love thee, whatever thou art.
Page 33 - While here each real feeling is awake? Which beating here, superior to all art, Bursts in full tides from a most grateful heart. I now appear myself, distress'd, dismay'd, More than in all the characters I've play'd. In acted passion, tears must seem to flow, "But I have that within that passeth show".
Page 90 - Master Field, the player, riding up Fleet-street a great pace, a gentleman called to him, and asked him what play was played that day ? He (being angry to be stayed on so frivolous a demand) answered, that he might see what play was to be played upon every post. " I cry you mercy (said the gentleman) ; I took you for a post, you rode so fast.
Page 215 - The late facetious Mr. Spiller, being at the rehearsal, on a Saturday morning, the time when the actors are usually paid, was asking another, Whether Mr. Wood, the treasurer of the house, had anything to say to them that morning : No, faith, Jemmy, replied the other, I'm afraid there's no cole — (which is a cant word for money). Then, said Spiller, if there's no cole we must burn Wood.
Page 139 - Within these very few hours, I have been seized with a terror of mind I never in my life felt before; it has totally destroyed my corporeal as well as mental faculties. I must, therefore, request your patience this night — a request which an old man of eighty-nine years of age may hope is not unreasonable.
Page 144 - ... him with gaping mouths and anxious looks, all eager to renew their acquaintance with their old friend and favourite, Punch. The theatre itself was carried by a tall man, who seemed a sort of sleeping partner in the concern, or mere dumb waiter on the other's operations.
Page 180 - LIBERAL GIFT. A comedian at Covent-garden advised one of the sceneshifters, who had met with an accident, to the plan of a subscription ; and a few days afterwards he asked for the list of names, which, when he had read over, he returned.