The Life of Mr. Thomas Betterton, the Late Eminent Tragedian. Wherein the Action and Utterance of the Stage, Bar, and Pulpit, are Distinctly Consider'd. ... To which is Added, The Amorous Widow, ... Written by Mr. Betterton. ... |
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Sivu 34
Sometimes he is to reprefent a choleric , hot and jealous Man , and then he must
be throughly acquainted with all the Motions and Sentiments productive of thofe
Motions of the Feet , Hands , and Looks of fuch a Person in such Circumstances .
Sometimes he is to reprefent a choleric , hot and jealous Man , and then he must
be throughly acquainted with all the Motions and Sentiments productive of thofe
Motions of the Feet , Hands , and Looks of fuch a Person in such Circumstances .
Sivu 47
In short , Quintilian says of the Hands“ It is a difficult matter to say what a number “
of Motions the Hands have , without which all “ Action wou'd be maim'd and lame
, since these " Motions are almost as various as the Words we speak . For the ...
In short , Quintilian says of the Hands“ It is a difficult matter to say what a number “
of Motions the Hands have , without which all “ Action wou'd be maim'd and lame
, since these " Motions are almost as various as the Words we speak . For the ...
Sivu 53
But to make these Motions of the Face and Hands easily understood , that is ,
useful in the moving the Passions of the Auditors , or rather Spectators , they must
be properly adapted to the thing you speak of , your Thoughts and Defign ; and ...
But to make these Motions of the Face and Hands easily understood , that is ,
useful in the moving the Passions of the Auditors , or rather Spectators , they must
be properly adapted to the thing you speak of , your Thoughts and Defign ; and ...
Sivu 54
In fine , our Player , Pleader , or Preacher , must have that nice Address in the
Management of his Gestures , that there may be nothing in all the various
Motions and Dispositions of his Body , which may be offensive to the Eye of the
Spectator ...
In fine , our Player , Pleader , or Preacher , must have that nice Address in the
Management of his Gestures , that there may be nothing in all the various
Motions and Dispositions of his Body , which may be offensive to the Eye of the
Spectator ...
Sivu 55
... which confounds the Gesture , and gives it an aukward Appearance : And to
rectify this Appearance to you from the Glass , by giving the Motions by the
contrary Hands , inight contract such an ill Habit , as ought with the utmost
Caution to be ...
... which confounds the Gesture , and gives it an aukward Appearance : And to
rectify this Appearance to you from the Glass , by giving the Motions by the
contrary Hands , inight contract such an ill Habit , as ought with the utmost
Caution to be ...
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according Action Actor Audience Author Beauty becauſe believe beſt better Body Britt Buſineſs Clod comes Cuningham Damaris Dancing Diſcourſe Ears Enter Excellence Exit expreſs Eyes Face fame Feff Fellow firſt fome Force Friend Geſture give Grace Hands Head hear heard himſelf hold Honour Houſe Husband I'll juſt kind Lady laſt leave live Looks Lord Love Lovemore Madam manner marry Maſter mean Mind moſt Motions Muſic muſt Nature never once Paſſion Perſon Phil Place Play Player pleaſe Power Pray Prudence Quality Reaſon Rules ſaid ſame ſay ſee ſeem ſelf ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhould ſince Sir Peter ſome Soul Sound ſpeak Speaking Speech Stage Subject ſuch tell themſelves theſe thing thoſe thou thought told Tone true turn underſtand uſe Viſcount Voice whole Widow Wife young
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Sivu 119 - Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil, that men do, lives after them ; The good is oft interred with their bones ; So let it be with Caesar.
Sivu 115 - Hear, Nature, hear ! dear goddess, hear ! Suspend thy purpose, if thou didst intend To make this creature fruitful ! Into her womb convey sterility ! Dry up in her the organs of increase, And from her derogate body never spring A babe to honour her ! If she must teem...
Sivu 82 - Herod. Pray you, avoid it. Be not too tame, neither, but let your own discretion be your tutor; suit the action to the word, the word to the action; with this special observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature...
Sivu 116 - Make me to see't; or, at the least, so prove it, That the probation bear no hinge nor loop To hang a doubt on ; or woe upon thy life ! lago.
Sivu 24 - Oh ! it offends me to the foul, to hear a robufteous periwig-pated fellow tear a paffion to tatters, to very rags, to fplit the ears of the groundlings ; who (for the moft part) are capable of nothing but inexplicable dumb fhews and neife : I could have fuch a fellow whipp'd for o'erdoing termagant ; it out-herods Herod. Pray you, avoid it.
Sivu 16 - Practice to confult e'en the moft indifferent Poet in any Part we have thought fit to accept of...
Sivu 70 - A broken voice, and his whole function suiting With forms to his conceit? and all for nothing! For Hecuba! What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba, That he should weep for her...
Sivu 9 - ... apiece for every day there shall be any playing at the King's Theatre. Mr. Hart and Mr. Kynaston do both also promise to promote with all their power and interest an agreement between both playhouses : and Mr. Kynaston for himself promises to endeavour as much as he can to get free that he may act at the Duke's Playhouse, but he is not obliged to play unless he have ten shillings per day allowed for his acting and his pension then to cease. Mr. Hart and Mr. Kynaston promise to go to law with...
Sivu xiii - What he has been, though present praise be dumb, Shall haply be a Theme in times to come, As now we talk of RosciUS, and of Rome. Had you with-held your favours on this night, Old Shakespear's Ghost had ris'n to do him right.
Sivu 17 - ... some rules, by which the young beginners might direct themselves to that perfection, which everybody is sensible is extremely (and perhaps always has been) wanted on our stage I wish I could prevail with you to deliver your sentiments on this head, so that from them we might form a system of acting, which might be a rule to future players and teach them to excel not only themselves, but those who have gone before them.
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| Otsikko | The Life of Mr. Thomas Betterton, the Late Eminent Tragedian. Wherein the Action and Utterance of the Stage, Bar, and Pulpit, are Distinctly Consider'd. ... To which is Added, The Amorous Widow, ... Written by Mr. Betterton. ... The Life of Mr. Thomas Betterton, the Late Eminent Tragedian. Wherein the Action and Utterance of the Stage, Bar, and Pulpit, are Distinctly Consider'd. ... To which is Added, The Amorous Widow, ... Written by Mr. Betterton, Charles Gildon |
| Kirjoittaja | Charles Gildon |
| Kustantaja | Robert Gosling, 1710 |
| Alkuperäisteoksen sijainti | Oxfordin yliopisto |
| Digitoitu | 13. syyskuu 2007 |
| Pituus | 87 sivua |
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