Leigh Hunt's Dramatic Criticism, 1808-1831, Volume 10Columbia University Press, 1949 - 347 pages |
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... audience had never heard anything so grossly ridiculous as the dialogue , they were amused at the ludicrous presumption of the author , and they occasionally burst into that kind of laughter which by its lagging and tremulous depth ...
... audience had never heard anything so grossly ridiculous as the dialogue , they were amused at the ludicrous presumption of the author , and they occasionally burst into that kind of laughter which by its lagging and tremulous depth ...
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... audience . On Mr. Kemble's appearance in the dress of Macbeth , the character he was about to play , he was received with a partial applause , which was instantly drowned in a torrent of execra- tion , and after plaintively bowing , and ...
... audience . On Mr. Kemble's appearance in the dress of Macbeth , the character he was about to play , he was received with a partial applause , which was instantly drowned in a torrent of execra- tion , and after plaintively bowing , and ...
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... audience retired , growling as they went , like Homer's lions , at those who had laid toils for them . ' Twas the same the next night , and the next , and the next , ' as Mr. Colman says in a production much superior to the Pro- logue ...
... audience retired , growling as they went , like Homer's lions , at those who had laid toils for them . ' Twas the same the next night , and the next , and the next , ' as Mr. Colman says in a production much superior to the Pro- logue ...
Contents
CRITICISM ON SHAKSPEARES MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING | 3 |
MR YOUNGS MERITS CONSIDERED | 21 |
THE CONSCIOUS LOVERS | 35 |
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