The School for Scandal: A Comedy in Five ActsMr. Daly, 1874 - 92 pagina's |
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... piece transcends locality and epoch . The resident not only of Bath and of London , but of New York and San Fran- cisco , the denizen not only of great capitals but of provincial villages , the inhabitant of yesterday , to - day , and ...
... piece transcends locality and epoch . The resident not only of Bath and of London , but of New York and San Fran- cisco , the denizen not only of great capitals but of provincial villages , the inhabitant of yesterday , to - day , and ...
Pagina 7
... piece . On the first night , May 8 , 1777 , the doors of Drury Lane Theatre , which were opened at half - past five , had not been opened an hour when the house was crowded . The receipts that night were £ 225 . King spoke the prologue ...
... piece . On the first night , May 8 , 1777 , the doors of Drury Lane Theatre , which were opened at half - past five , had not been opened an hour when the house was crowded . The receipts that night were £ 225 . King spoke the prologue ...
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... piece was originally acted , however , has been preserved by tradition , and actors in succeeding generations have seldom widely de- parted from it — although they may have fallen short of its reputed per- fection [ a point by no means ...
... piece was originally acted , however , has been preserved by tradition , and actors in succeeding generations have seldom widely de- parted from it — although they may have fallen short of its reputed per- fection [ a point by no means ...
Pagina 10
... piece was then acted - according to the excel- lent authority of Mr. Ireland- " probably for the first time in America . " The cast is printed on another page of this book . The first representa- tion that the comedy received at the old ...
... piece was then acted - according to the excel- lent authority of Mr. Ireland- " probably for the first time in America . " The cast is printed on another page of this book . The first representa- tion that the comedy received at the old ...
Pagina 11
... piece - is Lady Teazle , and upon the representative of that character the comedy is largely dependent . On the American stage Lady Teazle has been acted by Mrs. Morris , Mrs. Henry , Mrs. Hallam , Mrs. Lipman , Miss Westray [ Mrs ...
... piece - is Lady Teazle , and upon the representative of that character the comedy is largely dependent . On the American stage Lady Teazle has been acted by Mrs. Morris , Mrs. Henry , Mrs. Hallam , Mrs. Lipman , Miss Westray [ Mrs ...
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Abington acquaintance acted AUGUSTIN DALY believe brother bumper Candour Careless certainly character Charles Fisher CHARLES SURFACE Charles's comedy Covent Garden Crab Crabtree Crosses R. C. DALY'S THEATRE dear Sir distresses Drury Lane Egad Enter LADY TEAZLE Enter SERVANT Exeunt Exit SERVANT extravagance Fanny Davenport Farren French milliner Gad's gentleman give Goes hear heard heart honest honor i'faith JANUARY 20 John Brougham JOSEPH SURFACE knock Lady Sneerwell ladyship laugh little Premium Love for Love ma'am madam Maria married Master Rowley Miss Moses nephew never old bachelor old Stanley on't plague pounds pray pretty woman Pshaw RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN Rises rogue School for Scandal screen sentiment Sheridan Sir Benjamin Backbite SIR OLIVER SURFACE Sir Peter Teazle Sits Snake sorry suppose Teazle's tell Theatre there's thing Trip true twas what's wife word young Zounds
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Pagina 27 - That's very true, indeed, Sir Peter ! and, after having married you, I should never pretend to taste again, I allow.
Pagina 31 - I know there are a set of malicious, prating, prudent gossips, both male and female, who murder characters to kill time, and will rob a young fellow of his good name before he has years to know the value of it.
Pagina 19 - Nay, now, Lady Sneerwell, you are severe upon the widow. Come, come, 'tis not that she paints so ill — but, when she has finished her face, she joins it on so badly to her neck, that she looks like a mended statue, in which the connoisseur may see at once that the head is modern, though the trunk's antique.
Pagina 44 - Here's to the maid with a bosom of snow; Now to her that's as brown as a berry; Here's to the wife with a face full of woe, And now to the damsel that's merry.
Pagina 35 - I'll accompany you as soon as you please, Moses — But hold ! I have forgot one thing — how the plague shall I be able to pass for a Jew ? Moses.
Pagina 32 - Wild ! Ah ! my old friend, I grieve for your disappointment there ; he's a lost young man, indeed. However, his brother will make you amends. Joseph is, indeed, what a youth should be. Everybody in the world speaks well of him.
Pagina 25 - I ought to have my own way in everything; and what's more, I will too. What ! though I was educated in the country, I know very well that women of fashion in London are accountable to nobody after they are married. Sir P. Very well, ma'am, very well; — so a husband is to have no influence, no authority ? Lady T. Authority ! No, to be sure : — if you wanted authority over me, you should have adopted me, and not married me : I am sure you were old enough.
Pagina 15 - Nay, egad it's true: I back him at a rebus or a charade against the best rhymer in the kingdom. Has your ladyship heard the epigram he wrote last week on Lady Frizzle's feather catching fire? — Do, Benjamin, repeat it, or the charade you made last night extempore at Mrs. Drowzie's conversazione. Come now; your first is the name of a fish, your second a great naval commander, and Sir Ben. Uncle, now — pr'ythee Crab. I'faith, ma'am, 'twould surprise you to hear how ready he is at all these sort...
Pagina 40 - Terrier, who everybody said would have been a better match? for his estate is just as good as yours, and he has broke his neck since we have been married.
Pagina 58 - Upon my word, you ought to pity me. Do you know Sir Peter is grown so ill-natured to me of late, and so jealous of Charles too — that's the best of the story, isn't it?