A History of the American Drama: From the Beginning to the Civil War, Bind 1Harper & Brothers, 1923 - 486 sider |
Andre udgaver - Se alle
Almindelige termer og sætninger
acted actor adaptation American Plays André Anon April Arch Street Theatre audience Barker Bird blank verse Boker Boston Bowery Bowery Theatre British Brutus Burton's Theatre Calaynos character Charles Charleston Chatham Theatre Chestnut Street Theatre comedy daughter death Dion Boucicault drama dramatist Drury Lane Dunlap Durang edition England English farce father February Forrest Francesca French George Godfrey Hallam Henry Hodgkinson Indian interest Ireland J. H. Payne James Jefferson John Brougham John Howard Payne Jonathan June King London lover manager manuscript March melodrama motive National Theatre native Park Theatre Parthia patriotic Payne's Pennsylvania performed Pharsarius Phila Philadelphia playwrights plot popular Prince of Parthia printed produced published Rees reprinted Revolution S. S. Steele satire scene season Sept success theatrical theme Tremont Theatre Tyler Wallack's Theatre Walnut Street Theatre Warren Washington Wemyss wife William written wrote Yankee York
Populære passager
Side 32 - We will, in our several stations, encourage frugality, economy, and industry, and promote agriculture, arts and the manufactures of this country, especially that of wool; and will discountenance and discourage every species of extravagance and dissipation, especially all horse-racing, and all kinds of gaming, cock-fighting, exhibitions of shews, plays, and other expensive diversions and entertainments...
Side 53 - ... device; and the play-house the shop where the devil hangs out the vanities of the world, upon the tenterhooks of temptation. I believe you have not heard how they were acting the old boy one night, and the wicked one came among them sure enough; and went right off in a storm, and carried one quarter of the play-house with him. Oh! no, no, no! you won't catch me at a play-house, I warrant you. JENNY. Well, Mr. Jonathan, though I don't scruple your veracity, I have some reasons for believing you...
Side 55 - Why, I vow, I began to smell a rat. When I came away, I went to the man for my money again; you want your money? says he; yes, says I; for what? says he; why, says I, no man shall jocky me out of my money; I paid my money to see sights, and the dogs a bit of a sight have I seen, unless you call listening to people's private business a sight. Why, says he, it is the School for Scandalization. — The School for Scandalization! — Oh! ho! no wonder you New- York folks are so cute at it, when you go...
Side 55 - ... hair, and a little round plump face like mine, only not altogether so handsome. His name was — Darby; — that was his baptizing name; his other name I forgot. Oh! it was Wig — Wag — Wag-all, Darby Wag-all, — pray, do you know him? — I should like to take a sling with him, or a drap of cyder with a pepperpod in it, to make it warm and comfortable. JENNY.
Side 43 - The Americans Roused in a Cure for the Spleen, or Amusement for a Winter's Evening. Being the Substance of a Conversation on the Times over a Friendly Tankard and Pipe between Sharp, a Country Parson, Bumper, a Country Justice, Fillpot, an Innkeeper, Graveairs, a Deacon, Trim, a Barber, Brim, a Quaker, Puff, a late Representative. Taken in shorthand by Sir Roger de Coverly.
Side 54 - Jonathan: So I went right in, and they shewed me away, clean up to the garret, just like a meeting-house gallery. And so I saw a power of topping folks, all sitting round in little...
Side 52 - Why, my dear little prude, are we not all such libertines? Do you think, when I sat tortured two hours under the hands of my friseur, and an hour more at my toilet, that I had any thoughts of my aunt Susan, or my cousin Betsey T though they are both allowed to be critical judges of dress.
Side 53 - JONATHAN. Yes; why an't cards and dice the devil's device; and the play-house the shop where the devil hangs out the vanities of the world, upon the tenterhooks of temptation. I believe you have not heard how they were acting...
Side 148 - In the four quarters of the globe, who reads an American book, or goes to an American play, or looks at an American picture or statue...
Side 15 - ... it will be taken as a particular favor if no gentleman will be offended that he is absolutely refused admittance at the stage door, unless he has previously secured himself a place in either the stage or upper boxes.