On the Stage: Studies of Theatrical History and the Actor's Art, Volume 2S. Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1883 - Acting |
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On the Stage: Studies of Theatrical History and the Actor's Art, Volume 2 Dutton Cook No preview available - 2016 |
On the Stage: Studies of Theatrical History and the Actor's Art, Volume 2 Dutton Cook No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 95 - A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, and nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
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Page 197 - But besides these gross absurdities, how all their plays be neither right tragedies nor right comedies, mingling kings and clowns, not because the matter so carrieth it, but thrust in the clown by head and shoulders to play a part in majestical matters, with neither decency nor discretion, so as neither the admiration and commiseration nor the right sportfulness is by their mongrel tragicomedy obtained.
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