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. ...Robert Gosling, 1710 - 87 sivua |
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... thou haft not fuffer'd a- ny one thing of what thou makeft thy Com- plaint : Upon which his Client warm'd , cry'd aloud How Demofthenes ? Have I fuffer'd nothing ? Ay marry , replies he , now I hear the Voice of a Man that has been ...
... thou haft not fuffer'd a- ny one thing of what thou makeft thy Com- plaint : Upon which his Client warm'd , cry'd aloud How Demofthenes ? Have I fuffer'd nothing ? Ay marry , replies he , now I hear the Voice of a Man that has been ...
Sivu 30
... thou thrown his Body ; " the most mortal Enemies deny not Burial to " the dead Enemy : When to his Corps I have perform'd my laft Duties in Kiffes , and flow- " ing with Tears , command me to be flain at " his Side , fo that these our ...
... thou thrown his Body ; " the most mortal Enemies deny not Burial to " the dead Enemy : When to his Corps I have perform'd my laft Duties in Kiffes , and flow- " ing with Tears , command me to be flain at " his Side , fo that these our ...
Sivu 114
... in the fame Poet . LEAR . Detefted Kite , thou lyeft ! My Train are Men of choice and rareft Parts , That all Particulars of Duty know , And And in the most exact Regard fupport The Worships of 114 The Life of Mr. Tho . Betterton .
... in the fame Poet . LEAR . Detefted Kite , thou lyeft ! My Train are Men of choice and rareft Parts , That all Particulars of Duty know , And And in the most exact Regard fupport The Worships of 114 The Life of Mr. Tho . Betterton .
Sivu 115
... thou in CORDELIA fhom ? Which like an Engine wrench'd my Frame of Nature ( Love , From the fixt Place , drew from my Heart all And added to the Gall . O LEAR ! LEAR ! LEAR ! Beat at this Gate that let thy Folly in , And thy dear ...
... thou in CORDELIA fhom ? Which like an Engine wrench'd my Frame of Nature ( Love , From the fixt Place , drew from my Heart all And added to the Gall . O LEAR ! LEAR ! LEAR ! Beat at this Gate that let thy Folly in , And thy dear ...
Sivu 116
... thou prove my Love a Whore ; Be fure of it ; give me the Ocular Proof , Or by the Worth of my eternal Soul , Thou hadst better have been born a Dog , Than answer my wak'd Wrath If thou doft flander her , or torture me , Never pray more ...
... thou prove my Love a Whore ; Be fure of it ; give me the Ocular Proof , Or by the Worth of my eternal Soul , Thou hadst better have been born a Dog , Than answer my wak'd Wrath If thou doft flander her , or torture me , Never pray more ...
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Action Actor Afide againſt Anſwer Beauty becauſe beſt Betterton Body Britt Bufinefs Buſineſs call'd Caufe Charles Davenant Cicero cife Clod confefs Cuningham Damaris Dancing Demetrius the Cynic Demofthenes Difcourfe Exit exprefs Eyes faid fame feem feen Feff felf feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon fpeak ftill ftrong fuch fufficient fure Geſture give Hands hear Henry Purcel himſelf Honour Houſe Husband Jeff juft Lady laft lefs Love Lovemore Madam Mafter moft moſt Motions Mufic muft muſt know Nature never obferve Opera's Paffion Perfon perfuade Phil Play Player pleafing pleaſe Pleaſure Plutarch Pray prefent Pronunciation Prudence Quintilian raiſe Reafon reprefent Senfe ſhall Sir Peter ſpeak Speaking Speech Stage tell thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe Thomas Betterton thoſe thou Tone twill underſtand unleſs uſe Vifc Viſcount Voice Widow Words wou'd
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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.