 | George Alexander Cooke - 1817 - 364 pagina’s
...acquired great celebrity in his profession, Baker speaking ot him and Burhage, says, " they were too such actors, as no age must ever look to see the like." Heywood calls him. " Proteus' for shapes, and Roscins for a tongue." Fuller says, he was the Roscins... | |
 | 1824 - 462 pagina’s
...uncommon applause. BAKER, in his Chronicles, says, that " RICHARD BOWBRIDGE arid EDWARD ALLEYN were two such actors as no age must ever look to see the like;" and HEYWOOD, speaking of ALLEYN in Barabbas (the Jew) and other characters, says, he was " Proteus for... | |
 | Thomas Cromwell - 1821 - 314 pagina’s
...him " Proteus for shapes, and Roscius for tongue/' Baker says of him and Burbage, that " they were two such actors as no age must ever look to see the like f while Ben Johnson, and others of his contemporaries, also make mention of him in the highest terms... | |
 | Thomas Kitson Cromwell - 1821 - 300 pagina’s
...him " Proteus for shapes, and Roscius for tongue." Baker says of him and Burbage, that " they were two such actors as no age must ever look to see the like ;" while Ben Johnson, and others of his contemporaries, also make mention of him in the highest terms... | |
 | George Alexander Cooke - 1830 - 202 pagina’s
...soon acquired great celebrity in his profession. Baker, speaking of him and Burbage, says, " they were two such actors as no age must ever look to see the like." Heywood calls him " Proteus for shapes, and Roscius for a tongue." Fuller says he was the Roscius of... | |
 | David Paul Brown - 1838 - 86 pagina’s
...speak of stage players, but seeing excellency in the meanest things deserves remembering, and Roscius the comedian is recorded in history with such commendation,...may be allowed us to do the like with some of our own nation. Richard Burbige and Edward Allen, two such actors as no age must ever look to see the like,... | |
 | Baroness Rosina Bulwer Lytton Lytton - 1839 - 296 pagina’s
...speak of stage-players ; but seeing excellence in the meanest things deserves remembering, and Roscius, the comedian, is recorded in history with such commendation,...us to do the like with some of our nation. Richard Burbidge and Edward Alleyn, two such actors as no age must ever look to see the like ; and, to make... | |
 | 514 pagina’s
...acquired great celebrity in his profession. Baker speaking of him and Burbage, declares that they were two such actors as no age must ever look to see the like. Hey wood also characterises him as — " Proteus for shapes, and Koscins for a tongue." Among the manuscripts... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1843 - 456 pagina’s
...for a tongue ;" that a grave chronicler, Sir Richard Baker, says of Burbage and Alleyn, " They were two such actors as no age must ever look to see the like ; " and that Fuller writes, " He was the Roscius of our age, so acting to the life that he made any part, especially... | |
 | Shakespeare Society (Great Britain) - 1844 - 192 pagina’s
...speak of Stage Players ; but seeing excellency in the meanest things deserves remembring, and Roscius the Comedian is recorded in History with such commendation,...us to do the like with some of our Nation. Richard Bourbridge, and Edward Allen, two such Actors as no age must ever look to see the like : and, to make... | |
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After such men, it might be thought ridiculous to speak of Stage Players; but seeing excellency in the meanest things deserves remembering, and Roscius the Comedian is recorded in History with such commendation, it may be allowed us to do the like with... 
