The London review, conducted by R. Cumberland, Volume 1Richard Cumberland 1809 |
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... manner- ist : every tragic performer , male or female , has been , is and will be a mannerist , as long as the stage endures . Mrs. Cibber was decidedly such . I have her now in my mind's eye . I behold a slender graceful form from ...
... manner- ist : every tragic performer , male or female , has been , is and will be a mannerist , as long as the stage endures . Mrs. Cibber was decidedly such . I have her now in my mind's eye . I behold a slender graceful form from ...
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... manner harmonized with Barry's , as Mrs. Pritchard's did with Garrick's . Barry was the Marc Antony and Romeo of the stage ; Garrick would have played Macbeth and Abel Drugger in the same night , and Mrs. Pritchard would have played ...
... manner harmonized with Barry's , as Mrs. Pritchard's did with Garrick's . Barry was the Marc Antony and Romeo of the stage ; Garrick would have played Macbeth and Abel Drugger in the same night , and Mrs. Pritchard would have played ...
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... manner of performing it is , or is not , pedantic and improperly artificial . Heroes and kings may take out their handkerchiefs on the stage , but certainly not for that familiar purpose , which meaner characters would apply them to ...
... manner of performing it is , or is not , pedantic and improperly artificial . Heroes and kings may take out their handkerchiefs on the stage , but certainly not for that familiar purpose , which meaner characters would apply them to ...
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... manner ; natural in the midst of artifice , and estimable in the midst of error . " + some , Upon this arduous part Mr. Kemble enters with attributes in some respects happier and more auspicious than those , with which Mr. Garrick was ...
... manner ; natural in the midst of artifice , and estimable in the midst of error . " + some , Upon this arduous part Mr. Kemble enters with attributes in some respects happier and more auspicious than those , with which Mr. Garrick was ...
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... manners , the junior Mr. Kemble wants nothing but oppor- tunities to display in new and more important parts the his- trionic powers , which he possesses in no less degree than others of his family . As I am persuaded that this rising ...
... manners , the junior Mr. Kemble wants nothing but oppor- tunities to display in new and more important parts the his- trionic powers , which he possesses in no less degree than others of his family . As I am persuaded that this rising ...
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