The Elizabethan Playhouse and Other Studies: Second Series, Volumen2Shakespeare head Press, 1913 - 261 páginas |
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Pasajes populares
Página 183 - Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.
Página 87 - It was not until the latter half of the nineteenth century that the practice of giving a synopsis of the scenery and details of the inter-act music came into vogue.
Página 96 - Hee built this house upon leased ground, by which meanes the landlord and hee had a great suite in law, and, by his death, the like troubles fell on us, his sonnes ; wee then bethought us of altering from thence, and at like expence built the Globe...
Página 131 - This is so narrow an allowance for the fleet of Solyman the Magnificent, his army, the Island of Rhodes, and the varieties attending the Siege* of the City, that I fear you will think we invite you "to such a contracted trifle as that of the Caesars carved upon a nut.
Página 140 - The Pit is an Amphitheater, fill'd with Benches without Backboards, and adorn'd and cover'd with green Cloth. Men of Quality, particularly the younger Sort, some Ladies of Reputation and Vertue, and abundance of Damsels that hunt for Prey, sit all together in this Place, Higgledy-piggledy, chatter, toy, play hear, hear not.
Página 63 - Title, and let mee not in the forefront of my Booke, make a tedious Mountebanks Oration to the Reader, when in the whole there is nothing praise-worthie.
Página 138 - Davenant, at the Duke's Old Theatre in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, but afterwards very much improved, with the addition of curious machines, by Mr Betterton, at the New Theatre in Dorset Garden, to the great expense and continual charge of the players.
Página 143 - Fortie and Three foote of lawfull assize and in breadth to extende to the middle of the yarde of the saide howse ; The same Stadge to be paled in belowe with good...
Página 124 - Queene of Arragon, made by my cozen Abington. It was performed by my lords servants out of his own family, and his charge in the cloathes and sceanes, which were very riche and curious.
Página 64 - V. and his brother in the Tower. The landing of the Earl of Richmond ; and the death of King Richard in the memorable battle of Bosworth-field, being the last that was fought between the houses of York and Lancaster. With many other true Historical passages.